EPILEPTOGENIC CORTICAL SCARS

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Abstract
The surgical treatment of traumatic epilepsy is chiefly a product of the postwar period. Interest in this subject received its primary impetus from the works of Foerster,1in Europe, and of Penfield and his associates,2in America. At present, widespread attention is being directed toward many phases of the problem of convulsions. It appears desirable, therefore, to analyze the surgical results obtained by various workers in this rather specialized field. It is of paramount importance that any form of therapy, especially one of such magnitude as surgical removal of the cerebral focus, should be based on fundamental knowledge of the disease process. Though many gaps exist in the present understanding of the convulsive mechanism, the basic factor of a primary cerebral focus seems fairly well established in a certain group of cases. Thus, a tumor, cicatrix, degenerative area or porencephalic lesion may set off the complex sequence of

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