Table 3.
Summary of demographic patient data
| Total (n =) | 18 |
| Sex (f/m) | 14/4 |
| Mean age at surgery (years) | 9.1 (±5.1, range 0.8–18.7) |
| Mean age at seizure manifestation (years) | 2.6 (±2.5, range 0.1–8.0) |
| Mean epilepsy duration (years) | 6.5 (±4.5, range 0.8–15.7) |
| Seizure frequency ( n =) | |
| Daily | 12 |
| Weekly | 3 |
| Monthly | 3 |
| Number of previous ASMs (mean value) | 5 (±3, range 1–12) |
| Previous KD (n =) | 2 |
| Number of ASMs at surgery (mean value) | 2 (±1, range 1–4) |
| Resected tissue area ( n =) | |
| Frontal | 10 |
| Temporal | 8 |
| Parietal | 1 |
| Insular | 1 |
| Pathology ( n =) | |
| MCD | 13 |
| HS | 3 |
| LGT | 2 |
| Gliosis | 3 |
ASMs = antiseizure medications, KD = ketogenic diet, MCD = malformation of cortical development, HS = hippocampal sclerosis, LGT = low grade tumor.