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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Neurol. 2017 Dec;32(14):1092–1098. doi: 10.1177/0883073817737446

Table 3.

Therapies leading to control of seizures

Infantile spasms (458 subjects) Number of subjects (%)
 Medical therapy 387 (84.5%)
  vigabatrin 245 (63.3%)
  ACTH 49 (12.7%)
  topiramate 18 (4.6%)
  Other 75 (19.4%)
 Surgical therapy 21 (5.0%)
  Tuberectomy 13 (62.0%)
  Lobectomy 4 (19.0%)
  Other/unknown 4 (19.0%)
 Ketogenic diet 5 (1.2%)
 Other 4 (1.0%)
Focal seizures (540 subjects)
 Medical therapy 438 (83.1%)
  levetiracetam 73 (16.7%)
  lamotrigine 69 (15.7%)
  oxcarbazepine 65 (14.8%)
  carbamazepine 55 (12.6%)
  valproic acid 30 (6.8%)
 Surgical therapy 81 (15.4%)
  Tuberectomy 37 (4.6%)
  Lobectomy 19 (23.4%)
  Hemispherotomy 4 (4.9%)
  Other/unknown 21 (25.9%)
 Ketogenic diet 3 (0.6%)
 Other 4 (0.7%)