Clinical Study
Outcomes of Disconnective Surgery in Intractable Pediatric Hemispheric and Subhemispheric Epilepsy
Table 3
Presurgery predictors of gender, disease, and type of surgery on postsurgery seizure outcome.
| | Variables | Engels Class I () | Engels Class II–IV () | Statistics χ 2 | P Value | | | n | % | n | % | | |
| | Gender | Male | 20 | 64.5% | 2 | 66.7% |
0.006 |
0.94 | | Female | 11 | 35.5% | 1 | 33.3% | | RE | 11 | 35.4% | 0 | 0% | | | | IHSS | 11 | 35.4% | 1 | 33% | | | | Disease | SWS | 4 | 12.9% | 0 | 0% | 14.23 |
0.007 | | HM | 1 | 3.2% | 2 | 66.7% | | | | PES | 4 | 12.9% | 0 | 0% | | | | Side | Right | 14 | 45.2% | 2 | 66.7% |
0.50 |
0.46 | | Left | 17 | 54.8% | 1 | 33.3% | | Status epilepticus (pre-op) | Yes
No | 10
17 | 37%
63% | 1
1 | 50%
50% |
0.13 |
0.71 | | Epilepsia partialis continua (pre-op) | Yes | 6 | 22.2% | 0 | 0% |
0.56 |
0.45 | | No | 21 | 77.8% | 2 | 100% | | Type of surgery | PIH | 25 | 80.6% | 3 | 100% |
0.70 |
0.40 | | PIPQ | 6 | 19.4% | 0 | 0% |
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