Surgical treatment of frontal lobe epilepsy: historical development and future directions

The surgical treatment of frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) has developed enormously during the last century. Milestones of understanding FLE and developing the surgical treatment are closely connected to important persons in the field of neurology and neurosurgery and their contributions to the knowledge about epilepsy. The main developments up to today and selected important protagonists are outlined in this article.