We know that epilepsy is a seizure disorder and there are types of epilepsy such as temporal lobe epilepsy, frontal lobe epilepsy, and occipital lobe epilepsy. Among the drug-refractory epilepsies, the most common is temporal lobe epilepsy, which is a type of epilepsy that originates in the temporal lobe or neuronal discharges that spread to the temporal lobe and manifest as temporal lobe seizures. It is one of the more frequent types of seizures among all these focal epilepsies. It is considered to be the type of epilepsy with the best surgical outcome. After surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy, the chance of being seizure-free is more than 80%, and the success rate of surgery is very high. The main factors that influence the success of surgery are some of the risks associated with surgery and the expected outcome of the surgery. These factors include the protection of the functional areas of the temporal lobe and the temporal lobe vasculature. The success rate of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery is very high if the functional areas of the temporal lobe are protected and the important blood vessels of the temporal lobe are protected, and the huge impact of epilepsy on patients and families can be completely resolved. Symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy The seizure form of temporal lobe epilepsy is also varied, and symptoms are a very important differentiating point to distinguish whether it is temporal lobe epilepsy, or extratemporal lobe epilepsy. What exactly are the symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy? It has to do with the function of the temporal lobe. The preferred function of the temporal lobe includes some visceral functions, so some patients with temporal lobe epilepsy will have a rising sensation of abdominal gas during seizures; another part of the temporal lobe includes some higher cortical functions, such as for cognition and memory. Therefore, many patients with temporal lobe epilepsy may have aphasic seizures, suddenly freeze, or suddenly do some actions for no reason; symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy also include hearing and auditory problems, for example, the patient suddenly hears a sound that was not there, we call it phantom hearing. There are also some phantom smell symptoms, such as a patient who smelled something that was not there, like our previous patient, who smelled something like burnt rubber, etc. Lastly, temporal lobe epilepsy can also have grand mal seizures, such as twitching of limbs and foaming at the mouth.