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Table 5 Seizure outcome and surgical complication (total patients = 19)

From: Usefulness of intraoperative insular electrocorticography in modified functional hemispherectomy

Seizure-free

 

Total

16/19 (84.2%)

Patients with insular seizure on ECoG

4/5 (80%)a

Complication

 Stroke

0

 Infection

0

 Hydrocephalus

2

 Incomplete resectionb

3

  1. Data are number (%) or number unless otherwise stated. Mean follow-up duration of 3.1 (±0.6) years; a One patient had breakthrough seizures from basal frontal area of brain. b Incomplete resection on corpus callosum or basal frontal area, ECoG electrocorticography
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BMC Neurology

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