Advanced Gamma Knife Treatment Planning of Epilepsy
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Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) specifically consists of atrophy and gliosis within the limbic system and is the most frequent cause of medically intractable epilepsy in adults (2). Currently, the standard treatment for epilepsy is the use of anticonvulsants. Medically intractable cases may be treated with temporal lobectomy, consisting of removal of parts of the superior temporal gyrus, temporal portion of the amygdala, and the hippocampus.
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