Predisposing factors for postoperative epilepsy in patients with gliomas / 南方医科大学学报
Journal of Southern Medical University
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(12): 2233-2234, 2008.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-321719
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the predisposing factors for postoperative epilepsy in patients with gliomas.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 258 glioma patients with complete clinical data receiving cranial surgeries were analyzed retrospectively. With gender, age, predominant symptoms, positive signs, history of preoperative epilepsy, time of epilepsy onset, tumor location, surgical approaches, cortical injury, arterial and venous injury, scope of tumor resection, postoperative edema, tumor pathology, tumor recurrence, number of operation, radiation therapy as the independent variables, the occurrence of postoperative epilepsy was analyzed as the dependent variable using logistic regression to identify the risk factors for postoperative epilepsy.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>History of preoperative epilepsy, surgical approaches, postoperative edema, tumor pathology and tumor recurrence were identified as the risk factors for postoperative epilepsy in glioma patients.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Postoperative epilepsy severely affected the quality of life of glioma patients, and rigorous treatment targeting the risk factors may decrease the occurrence of postoperative epilepsy.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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General Surgery
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Brain Neoplasms
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Epidemiology
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Causality
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Retrospective Studies
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Risk Factors
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Epilepsy
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Glioma
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Southern Medical University
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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