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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurgery. 2013 Dec;73(6):1018–1025. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000145

Table 3.

Seizure Frequency at Each Follow-up

Seizure Frequency (past year) First follow-up* Second follow-up* Third follow-up*
Surgery (n = 57) MM (n = 18) Surgery (n = 57) MM (n = 18) Surgery (n = 42) MM (n = 9)
Seizure free 38 (66.7%) 1 (5.6%) 41 (71.9%) 5 (27.8%) 28 (66.7%) 1 (11.1%)
Auras with/without one seizure 7 (12.3%) 0 (0%) 10 (17.5%) 1 (5.6%) 9 (21.4%) 2 (22.2%)
Two to 12 seizures 6 (10.5%) 6 (33.3%) 4 (7.0%) 4 (22.2%) 2 (4.8%) 1(11.1%)
More than 12 seizures 6 (10.5%) 11 (61.1%) 2 (3.5%) 8 (44.4%) 3 (7.1%) 4 (55.6%)

Surgery = Surgical group

MM = Medical management group

*

Surgery group participants experienced fewer seizures at all follow-up time points compared to medical management group participants; p≤0.05.