Wiebe 2001.
| Methods | Randomised controlled trial conducted at 3 centres in 1 Canadian city | |
| Participants | Participants had to be at least 16 years old and must have had seizures with strong temporal lobe semiology for longer than 1 year | |
| Interventions | Randomisation (40 in each group) to resection of a maximum of 6.0 to 6.5 cm of the anterior lateral non‐dominant temporal lobe, or 4.0 to 4.5 cm of the dominant temporal lobe. Mesial resection included the amygdala and, at a minimum, the anterior 1.0 to 3.0 cm of the hippocampus (most commonly, 4.0 cm) OR continued antiepileptic drugs | |
| Outcomes | Primary outcome was freedom from seizures that impair awareness of self and surroundings at 1 year | |
| Notes | — | |