INTRODUCTION: Epilepsy is a health public problem. Afflicts more than 50 million people worldwide, and more than 20 million of those affected do not have satisfactory seizures control with medicine. The refractory epilepsy represents 20% of all epileptic patients and most of them present partial seizures which can be treated by surgical treatment. The careful surgical recommendation can be efficient to seizure control. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to present epidemiological and surgical data about patients submitted to surgical treatment in NATE - Advanced Center of Epilepsy Treatment. METHOD: We used a retrospective assessment method and control seizure classification from Engel Scale for 46 epileptic patients submitted to surgical treatment. RESULTS: Our results showed predominant male patients, single, without family history for epilepsy. The patients were from cities of Minas Gerais State and from another States in Brazil. The first seizure occurred in the childhood for 58,8% of patients and the more frequent seizure type was complex partial seizure. The predominant cognitive complaint was about memory. CONCLUSION: The surgical treatment for seizure control was good for 67% of patients that display Engel Ia classification (without seizures) and has a high likelihood for success in medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy.
refractory epilepsy; surgical treatment; control of t seizures
