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 | Â | Â | Â | 0.91 |
Temporal lobectomy | 5 | 2 | 3 | Â |
SAHC | 6 | 4 | 2 | Â |
SAHCo | 8 | 5 | 3 | Â |
Frontal lobotomy | 2 | 1 | 1 | Â |
Hemispherotomy | 15 | 8 | 7 | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | 0.61 |
No fever | 16 | 9 | 7 | Â |
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 |