title: Epilepsy surgery: historical highlights 1909-2009.
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.
authors.affiliation: Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. william.feindel@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feindel
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leblanc
authors.forename: Antonio Nogueira
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: de Almeida
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods