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Quantitative Analysis of Seizure Frequency 1 Week and 6, 12, and 24 Months After Surgery of Epilepsy
Author(s) -
Lüders H.,
Murphy D.,
Awad I.,
Wyllie E.,
Dinner D. S.,
Morris H. H.,
Rothner A. D.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1994.tb01785.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , medicine , epilepsy surgery , anesthesia , convulsion , surgery , psychiatry
Summary: We made quantitative analysis of seizure frequency 1 week and 6, 12, and 24 months after seizure surgery. Seizure recurrence was significantly higher when seizures occurred in the first postoperative week. Seizure recurrence increased progressively with longer follow‐ups, but the 6 month postoperative follow‐up period was an excellent index of long‐term outcome. In operative follow‐up studies, seizure frequency should be reported at fixed follow‐up periods, e.g., at 6 months and 1, 2, 5, and 10 years. Meaningful comparison of outcomes between different studies is possible only when reports include outcome at fixed postoperative follow‐up periods (as opposed to ranges of follow‐up periods).