Fig. 1.
CONSORT chart. The consort chart shows the selection path for patients to be included in this study. The upper part documents the preselection process to identify all BM patients and exclude patients with missing consent or alternative diagnosis. Next, patients with prior diagnosis of epilepsy were excluded from further assessment. The lower part shows separation of patients who underwent neurosurgery or no surgery. Pre- and postoperative BTRE risk profiles were assessed separately.