Epilepsy Medicine Glossary
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Functional hemispherectomy
A surgical procedure that disconnects one brain hemisphere while leaving most tissue in place. Used for severe hemispheric epilepsy.
Mesial temporal sclerosis
Neuronal loss and gliosis in the hippocampus, the most common pathological finding in temporal lobe epilepsy.