Table 1.
Characteristics of pediatric epilepsy surgery candidates completing semantic decision fMRI task.
| Epilepsy surgery candidates | |
|---|---|
| Number of patients | 46 |
| Males | 28 |
| Right-handed | 39 |
| Age at fMRI (years; mean ± sd) | 14.2 ± 2.8 |
| Age at seizure onset (years; mean ± sd) | 7.2 ± 4.7 |
| Subsequent cortical resection | 19 |
| Lesion location | |
| Right hemisphere | 5 |
| Left hemisphere | 20 |
| Bilateral | 4 |
| Nonlesional | 17 |
| Seizure focus | |
| Right hemisphere | 9 |
| Left hemisphere | 34 |
| Bilateral | 3 |
| Lesion type | |
| Cortical dysplasia | 7 |
| Tumor | 5 |
| Cortical dysplasia + tumor | 1 |
| Inflammatory | 1 |
| Infarct | 3 |
| Vascular malformation | 2 |
| Hippocampal sclerosis | 3 |
| Unknown | 24 |