[Neurophysiological aspects of multiple hippocampal transection in intractable temporal lobe epilepsy].

Using the method of hippocampal transections it was possible to achieve the disappearance of synchronous epileptic activity in the hippocampus in all patients. It is correlated with good outcome in 5 out of 6 cases. Preservation and even arising of spiking in the basal temporal cortex are not a risk factor for maintaining seizures after complete resection of the epileptogenic substrate in the temporal lobe and hippocampal transections. A decrease in the background epileptiform activity on the scalp EEG was observed in 4 of 5 cases after the resection of the pathological substrate, uncus and amygdala.