Clinical characteristics of low-grade tumor-related epilepsy and its predictors for surgical outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Low-grade tumors are the most common neoplasms inducing focal epilepsy; however, the short- and medium-term efficacy of surgery in epilepsy patients with low-grade tumors remains underappreciated. This study aims to summarize the clinical characteristics of epilepsy patients with low-grade tumors and to identify factors associated with postsurgical seizure-free outcomes.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients with low-grade tumors who underwent subsequent epilepsy surgery in our epilepsy center, between 2012 and 2018 with a minimum follow-up of 1 year. Using Engel's classification and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, we assessed postoperative seizure freedom over time. Demographical, electroclinical, and other presurgical evaluations were then eva

SUBMITTER: He C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8283179 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature