Epilepsy Surgery: Historical Highlights 1909–2009.

Authors :: Feindel, William
Leblanc, Richard
de Almeida, Antonio Nogueira
Source :: Epilepsia (Series 4); Mar2009 Supplement 3, Vol. 50, p131-151, 21p
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: This review focuses on some historical highlights of the surgery of epilepsy, beginning with the reports of Horsley, Krause, and Cushing to which appeared in 1909, the year that The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) was inaugurated. We then outline key contributions from Europe and North America, and examine particularly the evolution of our understanding of temporal lobe seizures, which have now become the most common form of epilepsy amenable to surgical cure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]