In [[1950]], working in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]], Krynauw reported on 12 patients with [[infantile hemiplegia]] who underwent [[hemispherectomy]]; seizure control was achieved in 10 of these patients, with
improvement in function and behavior
((Krynauw RA: Infantile hemiplegia treated by removing
one cerebral hemisphere. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
13:243–267, 1950)).