Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes for early postoperative seizures in dogs with rostrotentorial brain tumors after intracranial surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Seizures in the early postoperative period after intracranial surgery may affect outcome in dogs.

Objectives

To determine the incidence of early postoperative seizures (EPS) in dogs with brain tumors, identify specific risk factors for EPS, and determine if EPS affects outcome.

Animals

Eighty-eight dogs that underwent 125 intracranial surgeries for diagnosis and treatment of rostrotentorial brain tumors.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study. All patients with a diagnosis of rostrotentorial brain tumor from 2006 to 2020 were included. Early postoperative seizures were diagnosed by observation of seizure activity within 14 days of neurosurgery. Previously diagnosed structural epilepsy, perioperative anticonvulsant drug (ACD) use, magnetic resonance imagi

SUBMITTER: Parker RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8965238 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature