Table-V.
Factors associated with postoperative seizure of CMs
| Features |
Seizure free
(n=21) |
Not seizure free
(n=6) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender ration (M:F) | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.215 |
| Mean age at onset, y | 30.7 | 31.0 | 0.976 |
| Disease course (≥1y vs.<1y) | 12/9 | 6/15 | 0.050 |
| Family history of epilepsy | 1 | 0 | 0.586 |
| Pre-, peri- and post-natal factors | 11 | 2 | 0.410 |
| Multiple vs. single lesions | 2 | 0 | 0.432 |
| Frontal lobe | 4 | 3 | 0.127 |
| Parietal lobe | 3 | 2 | 0.289 |
| Temporal lobe | 15 | 1 | 0.016 |
| Cortical vs. subcortical | 16 | 5 | 0.711 |
| Side (right vs. left) | 8 | 3 | 0.601 |
| Size (diameter ≥2.5cm vs. not) | 6/15 | 6/0 | 0.012 |
| Seizure type(generalized vs. partial) | 16/5 | 3/3 | 0.215 |
| Total vs. subtotal resection | 20/1 | 5/1 | 0.326 |
| Perilesional hemosiderin removal | 9 | 3 | 0.756 |
| Intraoperative ECoG | 14 | 5 | 0.430 |
| Monotherapy vs. duotherapy | 15/6 | 5/1 | 0.557 |