Table 1.
Demographic data.
A total of 20 subjects were included.
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Total number of subjects | 20 |
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Males | 12 (60%) |
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Females | 8 (40%) |
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Age at surgery (mean; range) | 12 years; 5.1 years to 19 years |
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Seizure onset (mean; range) | 4.0 years; 2 weeks to 10 years |
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Etiology | |
Unknown | 14 |
Structural/metabolic | 4 |
Genetics | 2 |
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Seizure types- number of patients (percentage) | |
seizures leading to falls | 13 (65%) |
Tonic | 9 (45%) |
Atonic | 5 (25%) |
Myoclonic | 1 (5%) |
Rapidly spreading focal seizure | 9 (45%) |
Generalized tonic clonic seizure | 10 (50%) |
Atypical absence | 1 (5%) |
Epileptic spasms | 4 (20%) |
Dyscognitive focal seizure | |
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With vagus nerve stimulator | 9 (45%) |
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Duration of epilepsy prior to corpus callosotomy | 8.41 years; 1 year to 18 years |
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Extent of corpus callosotomy | |
Total | 15 (75%) |
Two-third | 3 (15%) |
Two-third followed by Total | 2 (10%) |
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Technique | |
Craniotomy | 10 |
Endoscopy | 10 |
Anterior approach | 8 |
Posterior approach | 2 |