Surgical outcome of patients with bilateral ammon's horn sclerosis after unilateral amygdalo-hippocampectomy

Introduction: In refractory temporal lobe epilepsy with unilateral ammon's horn sclerosis selective amygdalo-hippocampectomy is an established treatment in epilepsy surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate how many patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and bilateral ammon's horn sclerosis benefit from unilateral selective amygdalo-hippocampectomy and if these have particular features. Methods: All patients with temporal lobe epilepsies diagnosed with MRI features of bilateral ammon's horn sclerosis at this center from April 2003 to March 2009 were retrospectively collected for this study in a local database…