Research Article
Auricular Electroacupuncture for Late Posttraumatic Epilepsy after Severe Brain Injury: A Retrospective Study
Table 3
Baseline characteristics of the study patients.
| | Characteristic | No. (%) of patients | | Auricular electroacupuncture group (n = 30) | Control group (n = 59) |
| | Gender | | | | Female | 5 (16.67) | 15 (25.42) | | Male | 25 (83.33) | 44 (74.58) | | Age (years), mean ± SD | 43.37 ± 13.69 | 46.63 ± 11.73 | | Cause of disease | | | | Accident | 18 (60.00) | 40 (67.80) | | Fall | 5 (16.67) | 11 (18.64) | | Others | 7 (23.33) | 8 (13.56) | | Injury types | | | | Brain contusion with intracranial hematoma | 9 (30.00) | 17 (28.81) | | Brain contusion with subdural hematoma | 8 (26.67) | 18 (30.51) | | Brain contusion bead retinal hemorrhage | 6 (20.00) | 10 (16.95) | | Diffuse axonal injury | 3 (10.00) | 6 (10.17) | | Glasgow Coma Scale | | | | 3–5 | 25 (83.33)a | 23 (38.98) | | 6–8 | 5 (16.67)a | 36 (61.02) | | Injury location | | | | Frontal lobe | 3 (10.00) | 9 (15.25) | | Temporal lobe | 8 (26.67) | 17 (28.81) | | Frontotemporal lobe | 14 (46.67) | 26 (44.07) | | Occipital lobe | 5 (16.67) | 7 (11.86) | | Surgery | | | | Yes | 14 (46.67) | 33 (55.93) | | No | 15 (50.00) | 26 (44.07) |
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Notes: a, significant difference between the groups. |
