Relation between clinical signs and surgical outcome
| Symptom or sign | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Good ( n=20) | Poor (n=17) | p Value | |
| Aura | 9 | 11 | 0.231 |
| Staring | 12 | 10 | 0.942 |
| Vocalisation | 11 | 5 | 0.117 |
| Incontinence | 8 | 4 | 0.286 |
| Secondarily generalised seizures | 8 | 8 | 0.666 |
| Autonomic features | 6 | 11 | 0.035* |
| Oroalimentary automatisms | 5 | 2 | 0.416 |
| Cursive automatisms | 6 | 1 | 0.097 |
| Bimanual/bipedal automatisms | 8 | 9 | 0.431 |
| Contralateral head version | 1 | 9 | 0.002* |
| Ipsilateral head version | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| Eye deviation (any direction) | 5 | 10 | 0.037* |
| Myoclonias or clonic movements | 8 | 11 | 0.134 |
| Posturing | 13 | 11 | 0.985 |
| Postictal confusion | 6 | 7 | 0.478 |
| Postictal dysphasia | 3 | 3 | 1.000 |
| Todd’s paralysis | 2 | 4 | 0.383 |
The significance level accepted as suggesting statistical differences between favourable and poor outcome was p<0.05. Variables found to be associated with either favourable or poor outcome are indicated with an asterisk.