title: Surgical and stereotactic attempts in intractable epilepsy.
abstract: The eras of surgical treatment of epilepsy, and experience with operations for epilepsy, especially those for temporal epilepsy, and stereotactic attempts based on depth multilead electrodes investigations  and electro stimulation are described. Classical exposure and focus resection seems adequate whilst stereotaxy ought to be improved for the selective elimination of target structure activating the coded seizure pattern.
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques