RT Journal
A1 Gomez-Alonso J
T1 TReatment of refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD June 20
VO 307
IS 23
SP 2483
OP 2485
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.4987
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.4987
AB 
To the Editor: The efficacy of epilepsy surgery (73% seizure-free) in the best-possible surgical candidates was corroborated by Dr Engel and colleagues.1 Their trial also showed that surgery can cause irreversible deficits because a statistically reliable decline in performance on memory tests was more frequent in the surgical group (36% in delayed recall and 55% in naming) than in the medical group (0% and 7%, respectively).1 Other aspects of the trial might deserve some clarification.