title: Immediate postoperative seizures: incidence and computed tomographic findings.
abstract: Convulsive seizures within 48 hours after intracranial operations using a craniotomy were reviewed. Incidence was 8.9% (44 of 493 operations): 13.5% of brain tumor operations and 3.8% of aneurysmal operations. We demonstrated that preoperative seizures, sites of lesion, sub-therapeutic anticonvulsant levels, and postoperative local organic lesions were important factors causing the immediate postoperative seizures. Among them, a survey of postoperative computed tomography scans disclosed nine intracerebral hemorrhages, eight cases of cerebral edema, and four cerebral infarctions in the 44 patients; such major complications had a significant correlation with postoperative seizures (p less than 0.005).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012640:Seizures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed