[Further considerations on epilepsy in the follow-up of patients subjected to surgery for intracranial pathology].
A retrospective study has been carried out on a pool of 210 pts. suffering from various intracranial lesions (tumours, abscesses, vascular malformations, hydrocephalus), submitted to neurosurgical operation. The main evidences of our investigation are: both early and tardive seizures are observed only related to supratentorial pathology, mainly to tumours; pts. with seizures before the operation present a major incidence of postoperative epilepsy; and pts. with early seizures have more often also late epilepsy. The Authors relate this evidence to a factor of individual predisposition; pharmacological prophylaxis can be really effective in reducing postoperative epilepsy.
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Ulteriori considerazioni sull'epilessia nel follow-up di soggetti operati per patologia intracranica.