Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of seizures occurring after craniotomy for primary brain tumor resection

HM Al-Dorzi, AA Alruwaita, BO Marae… - Neurosciences …, 2017 - nsj.org.sa
Objective: To determine the incidence, risk factors and outcomes of early post-craniotomy
seizures. Method: This was a retrospective cohort study of all patients who underwent …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of postoperative seizure prophylaxis in intra-axial brain tumor resections

SF Ansari, BN Bohnstedt, SM Perkins… - Journal of neuro …, 2014 - Springer
The effectiveness of seizure prophylaxis in controlling postoperative seizures following
craniotomy for tumor resection is unclear. Most patients are seizure-free before surgery. To …

[HTML][HTML] The occurrence and relationship of postoperative seizure and de novo epilepsy after craniotomy surgery: a retrospective single-center cohort study

S Horiuchi, K Kanaya, T Horiuchi - Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Postoperative seizures and epilepsy are common complications of craniotomy. In
this study, we aimed to investigate the characteristics of seizures and epilepsy after …

New-onset seizure during and after brain tumor excision: a risk assessment analysis

S Oushy, SH Sillau, DE Ney, DM Damek… - Journal of …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Prophylactic use of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in seizure-naïve brain tumor
patients remains a topic of debate. This study aimed to characterize a subset of patients at …

[HTML][HTML] Early postoperative seizures (EPS) in patients undergoing brain tumour surgery

TF Ersoy, S Ridwan, A Grote, R Coras, M Simon - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Early postoperative seizures (EPS) are a common complication of brain tumour surgery. This
paper investigates risk factors, management and clinical relevance of EPS. We …

Postoperative de novo epilepsy after craniotomy: a nationwide register-based cohort study

L Giraldi, JV Hansen, J Wohlfahrt… - Journal of Neurology …, 2022 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background and objectives The risks of postoperative risk of epilepsy after a craniotomy is
widely believed to be raised. A study is warranted to quantify the risks for any neurosurgical …

Risk of perioperative seizures in patients undergoing craniotomy with intraoperative brain mapping.

V Conte, G Carrabba, L Magni, C L'acqua… - Minerva …, 2014 - europepmc.org
Background The identification of risk factors associated with perioperative seizures would be
of great benefit to the anesthesiologist in managing brain tumor patients undergoing …

Risk of seizures before and after neurosurgical treatment of intracranial meningiomas

JF Seyedi, CB Pedersen, FR Poulsen - Clinical neurology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To identify variables associated with the development of pre-and postoperative
seizures in patients who underwent surgical resection of intracranial meningiomas, in a …

Four independent predictors of postoperative seizures after meningioma surgery: a meta-analysis

VM Lu, W Wahood, OO Akinduro, IF Parney… - World neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Postoperative seizures after surgical resection of intracranial meningiomas will
negatively affect the quality of life of patients. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to …

A systematic review of perioperative seizure prophylaxis during brain tumor resection: the case for a multicenter randomized clinical trial

V Chandra, AK Rock, C Opalak, JM Stary, AP Sima… - Neurosurgical …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The majority of neurosurgeons administer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)
prophylactically for supratentorial tumor resection without clear evidence to support this …