Educational and Employment Outcomes Following Epilepsy Surgery in Childhood

H Hemispherectomy, C callosotomy, TL temporal lobe surgery, E-T extratemporal resection, L/M lobar/multilobar, Tu tuberectomy, no data are available for diagonally shaded sections

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