Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Total number | 26 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 16 (62%) |
| Female | 10 (38%) |
| Age at epilepsy onset (yr) | 5.8 (6.7)* |
| Age at VNS insertion (yr) | 18.9 (8.7)* |
| Duration of epilepsy before VNS (yr) | 13.2 (6.6)* |
| Number of AEDs used prior to VNS | 4.2 (1.4)* |
| Epilepsy classification | |
| Focal | 8 (30%) |
| Temporal | 4 |
| Extra-temporal | 4 |
| Multifocal | 9 (35%) |
| Generalized | 9 (35%) |
| Primary | 1 |
| Secondary | 8 |
| Seizure semiology | |
| Generalized seizures | |
| Tonic–clonic | 7 |
| Myoclonic | 8 |
| Clonic | 3 |
| Tonic | 2 |
| Atonic | 4 |
| Absence | 1 |
| Focal seizures | 8 |
| Focal with second generalization | 5 |
*
These values are the mean (SD).
AEDs: Antiepileptic drugs; yr: years; VNS: vagus nerve stimulation.