section 1. History of surgery and related fields -- section 2. Overview -- section 3. Epilepsies remediable by epilepsy surgery -- section 4. Pre-surgical evaluation : general principles -- section 5. The symptomatogenic zone -- section 6. The irritative zone -- section 7. The ictal onset zone -- section 8. The epileptic lesion -- section 9. The functional deficit zone -- section 10. Pre-surgical evaluation of eloquent cortex -- section 11. The epileptogenic zone -- section 12. The patient management meeting -- section 13. Surgical techniques for placement of intracranial electrodes -- section 14. Cortical mapping and electrocorticography -- section 15. Resective surgical procedures for epilepsy -- section 16. Nonresective surgical procedures and electrical or magnetic stimulation for epilepsy treatment -- section 17. Surgical outcome -- section 18. Post-surgical management -- section 19. Neuropathology and research related to epilepsy surgery -- section 20. Surgical failures : reoperation -- section 21. Case presentations -- section 22. Appendices.