Epilepsy surgery is often a more effective way to treat temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) than anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) [1], [2], but it is considered a last resort by many physicians. This reluctance can be explained by a failure of the surgical procedure to alleviate epileptic seizures in a considerable number of cases and by the risk of postoperative cognitive and visual deficits. Another reason for a delay in surgery is that TLE is often characterized by periods of remission with relative seizure freedom [3]. As a result, a history of epileptic seizures of 10 to 20 years prior to surgical intervention is not uncommon [4].
