title: [Surgical outcomes of pediatric symptomatic epilepsy and their influencing factors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the surgical outcomes of pediatric symptomatic epilepsy and the influencing factors for postoperative outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cohort of 48 children with symptomatic epilepsy received surgical treatment from October 2004 to September 2008. The surgical outcomes were followed up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 27.3 months (range 12-51 months) follow-up was performed in 43 cases. Engel classification for evaluating postoperative epileptic outcomes showed that class I in 32 cases (74%), class II in 4 cases (9%), class III in 4 cases (9%) and class IV in 3 cases (7%). Preoperative seizure frequency is an independent predictor of postoperative epileptic outcomes (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Operative treatment can lead to a favorable result in children with symptomatic epilepsy. Preoperative seizure frequency is an independent influencing factor for postoperative outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Quan
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xian-Rui
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yan-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xue-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hong-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yong-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome