Auricular Electroacupuncture for Late Posttraumatic Epilepsy after Severe Brain Injury: A Retrospective Study

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(a) Among the 89 cases, no difference was found between the cases treated with or without edaravone (EDA; , χ² test). (b) The proportion of seizure-free cases was greater among patients who received auricular electroacupuncture (EA) and edaravone (, Fisher’s exact test). In the 30 cases who received auricular electroacupuncture, the seizure-free cases did not increase significantly with the use of edaravone, as also seen in the 59 cases of the control (non-EA) group. Among the 60 patients who were treated with edaravone and received auricular electroacupuncture, significantly increased seizure-free cases were observed (, Fisher’s exact test). Seizure frequency (53.33%) was lower in the auricular electroacupuncture group treated without edaravone than that (86.67%) in the group treated with edaravone only (, Fisher’s exact test). .

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