Table 2

Outcomes of patients according to the incidence of seizures within 7 days after craniotomy for primary brain tumor resection.

OutcomesAll patients N=193Post-craniotomy sz N=27No postoperative sz N=166P-value
Hospital mortality N(%)19 (9.8)4 (14.8)15 (9.0)0.31
ICU mortality N(%)4 (2.1)1 (3.7)3 (1.8)0.46
ICU LOS (days), mean±SD4.0±5.62.9±4.04.0±5.80.27**
Hospital LOS (days), mean±SD44.2±56.440.1±48.144.8±57.80.68*
Duration of MV (days), mean±SD1.6±3.31.7±3.91.6±3.20.82*
Reintubation within 7 days N(%)10 (5.2)1 (3.7)9 (5.4)1.0
Hospital-acquired pneumonia N(%)3 (1.6)0 (0)3 (1.8)1.0
Tracheostomy N(%)20 (10.4)3 (11.1)17 (10.2)1.0
Venous thromboembolism N(%)10 (5.2)1 (3.7)9 (5.4)1.0
Pulmonary embolism N(%)5 (2.6)0 (0)5 (3.0)1.0
Deep venous thrombosis N(%)7 (3.6)1 (3.7)6 (3.6)1.0
Steven Johnson syndrome N(%)1 (0.5)0 (0)1 (0.6)1.0
  • ICU - intensive care unit, LOS - length of stay, MV - mechanical ventilation, Sz - seizure,

  • * equality of variance>0.05,

  • ** equality of variance <0.05,p-value of the Mann-Whitney Test (non-parametric)=0.27