Indications for temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

  What are the indications for temporal lobe epilepsy surgery?  1. Unilateral refractory temporal lobe epilepsy with partial seizures and secondary generalized seizures, where antiepileptic drug therapy is ineffective and the duration of the disease is more than 2 years.  2. Multiple EEG examinations, including special electrodes such as pterygoid electrodes and long-range video EEG monitoring, confirm that the epileptogenic focus is located in one temporal lobe.  3, Those with limited positive findings by CT or MRI, fMRI, MRS, SPECT or PET, and consistent with clinical manifestations and EEG findings.  4. Surgical treatment of typical medial temporal lobe epilepsy syndrome with the above clinical features has the best effect.