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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the 10 children undergoing hemispherectomy

From: Assessing structural integrity of the pyramidal tracts with diffusion spectrum imaging to predict postoperative motor function in pediatric epilepsy patients with hemispherectomy

pat

age

sex

seizure frequency

ASMs

lesioned hemi

PT structural integrity

TMS

surgery

MRC score

grasping ability

motor function outcome

healthy hemi

lesioned hemi

pre-OP

post-OP

1

2

M

daily

2

L

robust

damaged

failed

hemispherectomy

4

4

pre/post no

stable

2

10

M

daily

4

L

robust

damaged

ipsi-lateral

hemispherectomy

4

4

pre/post no

stable

3

5

M

daily

3

L

robust

damaged

contra-lateral

hemispherectomy

4

4

preserved

stable

4

10

M

daily

4

R

robust

damaged

contraindicated

hemispherectomy

4

4

pre/post no

stable

5

7

F

weekly

2

L

robust

damaged

failed

hemispherectomy

4

4

preserved

stable

6

5

F

daily

3

R

robust

atrophied

ipsi-lateral

hemispherectomy

4

3

pre/post no

deteriorated

7

5

F

daily

4

L

robust

atrophied

failed

hemispherectomy

4

3

pre/post no

deteriorated

8

4

F

daily

3

R

robust

atrophied

failed

hemispherectomy

4

3

lost

deteriorated

9

6

F

weekly

2

R

robust

atrophied

no response

hemispherectomy

5-

2

lost

deteriorated

10

14

M

daily

3

L

robust

robust

contra-lateral

lesioned resection

5

5

preserved

stable

  1. Abbreviations: ASMs anti-seizure medications, PT pyramidal tract, lesioned hemi lesioned hemisphere, healthy hemi healthy hemisphere, MRC score Medical Research Council (MRC) Scale for muscle strength