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Demographic and clinical characteristics and results of preoperative evaluation of the 30 surgical patients
| Categories | Values | Percentage |
| ATL: Anterior temporal lobectomy, CPS: Complex focal seizures, FS: Febrile seizure; HS: Hippocampal sclerosis; SAH: Selective amygdalohippocampectomy; sGTCS: Secondarily generalized tonicclonic seizure. | ||
| Gender | ||
| Male | 18 | 60.0% |
| Gemale | 12 | 40.0% |
| Onset age (year) | 18.7±2.0 | |
| Course (year) | 14.0±1.7 | |
| Age at surgery (years) | 32.7±2.3 | |
| Seizure frequency at the time of surgery | 13.8±4.0 | |
| 3/month | ||
| 3/month-3/week | 10 | 33.3% |
| > 3/week | 13 | 43.3% |
| Seizure types | 7 | 23.3% |
| CPS | ||
| sGTCS | 11 | 36.7% |
| History | 19 | 63.3% |
| No apparent abnormality | ||
| Brain injury | 22 | 73.3% |
| Encephalitis | 3 | 10.0% |
| FS | 3 | 10.0% |
| Preoperative intellegence | 2 | 6.7% |
| No apparent abnormality | ||
| Intelligence decline | 27 | 90.0% |
| MRI or MRS findings | 3 | 10.0% |
| No apparent abnormality | ||
| With HS | 7 | 23.3% |
| Lesions | 16 | 53.3% |
| Days with scalp-EEG | 7 | 23.3% |
| Number of seizures with scalp-EEG | 5.4±0.5 | |
| Scalp-EEG-based diagnosis | 3.0±0.3 | |
| Unilateral | ||
| Bilateral | 10 | 33.3% |
| Surgical types | 20 | 66.7% |
| SAH | ||
| ALT | 25 | 83.3% |
| Surgical side | 5 | 16.7% |
| Dominant | ||
| Non-dominant | 17 | 56.7% |
| Non-dominant | 13 | 43.3% |