Surgery as Treatment Epileptic seizures are produced by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Surgical removal of seizure-producing areas of the brain has been an accepted form of treatment for over 50 years. However, because of new surgical techniques and new ways of identifying areas to be removed, more of these operations are being done now than ever before, and with greater success. Surgery can be performed on both children and adults. However, it is not a suitable treatment for everyone who has epilepsy, or for everyone with poor seizure control.
All epilepsy surgery involves the brain.
However, different types of operations may be done. Interruption of nerve pathways along which seizure impulses spread. The seizures can take on different forms, depending on where they originate in the brain. The brain is divided into areas called lobes. There are temporal lobes, frontal lobes, parietal lobes and occipital lobes.