SNO and EANO practice guideline update: anticonvulsant prophylaxis in patients with newly diagnosed brain tumors

T Walbert, RA Harrison, D Schiff, EK Avila… - Neuro …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objective To update the 2000 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) practice
parameter on anticonvulsant prophylaxis in patients with newly diagnosed brain tumors …

The complexities underlying epilepsy in people with glioblastoma

E Sokolov, J Dietrich, AJ Cole - The Lancet Neurology, 2023 - thelancet.com
Seizures are among the most common clinical signs in people with glioblastoma. Advances
over the past 5 years, including new clinical trial data, have increased the understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization of pharmacological ascorbate to enhance hydrogen peroxide-mediated radiosensitivity in cancer therapy

Z Mehdi, MS Petronek, JM Stolwijk… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Interest in the use of pharmacological ascorbate as a treatment for cancer has increased
considerably since it was introduced by Cameron and Pauling in the 1970s. Recently …

Phenytoin versus levetiracetam as prophylaxis for postcraniotomy seizure in patients with no history of seizures: systematic review and meta-analysis

CH Lee, HW Koo, SR Han, CY Choi, MJ Sohn… - Journal of …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE De novo seizure following craniotomy (DSC) for nontraumatic pathology may
adversely affect medical and neurological outcomes in patients with no history of seizures …

Association of CDKN2A alterations with increased postoperative seizure risk after resection of brain metastases

DD Cummins, JH Garcia, MP Nguyen, S Saggi… - Neurosurgical …, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Seizures are common and significantly disabling for patients with brain
metastases (BMs). Although resection can provide seizure control, a subset of patients with …

[PDF][PDF] Neuroanesthesiology update

JJ Pasternak - Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, 2020 - snacc.org
This review is intended to provide a summary of the literature pertaining to the perioperative
care of neurosurgical patients and patients with neurological diseases. General topics …

[HTML][HTML] Radiomic features as a risk factor for early postoperative seizure in patients with meningioma

J Xu, Y Yu, Q Li, Z Wu, L Xia, Y Miao, X Lu, J Wu… - Seizure, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aim to identify the clinical risk factors of and to develop a radiomics-
based predictive model for early postoperative seizure. Methods We retrospectively …

The use of prophylactic antiepileptic medication and driving restrictions for craniotomies among Australian and New Zealand neurosurgeons

HJ Cho, S Olson - Journal of clinical neuroscience, 2022 - Elsevier
Prophylactic antiepileptic drug (pAED) use for craniotomy surgery is currently not supported
in literature [1],[2],[3],[4],[5] except possibly in traumatic brain injury (TBI)[6]. Post craniotomy …

[HTML][HTML] Wide dissection trans-sulcal approach for resection of deep intra-axial lesions in eloquent brain areas

B Kaye, RA Correa Bastianon Santiago, G MacKinnon… - Current …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Resection of intra-axial tumors (IaT) in eloquent brain regions risks major
postoperative neurological deficits. Awake craniotomy is often used to navigate these areas; …

[PDF][PDF] Levetiracetam versus levetiracetam plus sodium channel blockers for postoperative epileptic seizure prevention in brain tumor patients

N Watanabe, E Ishikawa, N Sugii, K Sakakura… - Cureus, 2022 - cureus.com
Background Brain tumor patients tend to develop postoperative epileptic seizures, which
can lead to an unfavorable outcome. Although the incidence of postoperative epileptic …