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Table 1 Clinical data of the collected cases. SAHC: Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy; SAHCo: Selective Amygdalohippocampotomy

From: Study on the relationship between obesity and complications of Pediatric Epilepsy surgery

 

Total(n = 36)

Nonobese (n = 20)

Obese(n = 16)

P value

Age(y)

8.0 ± 4.5

8.3 ± 4.4

7.6 ± 4.6

0.67

Male/Female

20/16

13/7

7/9

0.31

BMI

18.1 ± 3.8

15.8 ± 1.9

20.9 ± 3.6

< 0.01

Surgical technique

   

0.91

Temporal lobectomy

5

2

3

 

SAHC

6

4

2

 

SAHCo

8

5

3

 

Frontal lobotomy

2

1

1

 

Hemispherotomy

15

8

7

 

Operation time (min)

188.2 ± 59.5

200.6 ± 47.4

171.7 ± 69.2

0.22

Intraoperative blood loss(ml)

136.2 ± 85.4

104.3 ± 58.6

173.3 ± 96.1

0.04

Postoperative fever

   

0.61

No fever

16

9

7

 

0–2 days

8

3

5

 

3–6 days

4

3

1

 

7–10 days

8

5

3

 

Intracranial infection

0

0

0

> 0.99