The incidence of postoperative seizures.
Overall, supratentorial neurosurgical procedures are associated with a 17% risk of developing postoperative seizures. The incidence varies, but treatment of an arteriovenous malformation, an intracerebral haematoma, a middle cerebral artery aneurysm, an abscess, and meningiomas carry the highest risk. The role of prophylactic anticonvulsant therapy is discussed.
D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*