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

CONCLUSIONS While most seizure-naïve brain tumor patients do not benefit from perioperative seizure prophylaxis, such treatment should be considered in high-risk patients with supratentorial intradural tumors, in patients undergoing intraoperative cortical stimulation, and in patients in whom subtotal resection is likely.
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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - July 28, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Oushy S, Sillau SH, Ney DE, Damek DM, Youssef AS, Lillehei KO, Ormond DR Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research