Anterior temporal lobectomy

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Anterior temporal lobectomy is the complete removal of the anterior portion of the temporal lobe of the brain. It is a treatment option in temporal lobe epilepsy.

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• Surgery Encyclopedia: Anterior temporal lobectomy

v • d • e Surgery, Nervous system: neurosurgical procedures (ICD-9-CM V3 01-05) Skull, brain, and cerebral meninges Craniotomy - Decompressive craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy Spinal cord and spinal canal Spinal cord and roots (Cordotomy - Rhizotomy) Intervertebral discs (Discectomy - Intervertebral disc annuloplasty - Intervertebral disc arthroplasty) Vertebral bones (Laminotomy - Laminectomy - Laminoplasty - Corpectomy - Facetectomy - Foraminotomy - Vertebral fusion - Vertebral fixation) Lumbar puncture Cranial and peripheral nerves Ganglionectomy - Nerve block Sympathetic nerves or ganglia Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy Other Axotomy - Hypophysectomy - Vagotomy