She has been followed for over 2 years since surgery and has surprisingly remained seizure-free on her prior medical regimen.Christine BowerDavid MillettJerome Engel JrPuzzling Cases of Epilepsy (Second Edition)Christine Bower, David Millett, Jerome Engel Jr. . Why Do Some Patients Have Seizures ...
Antiepileptic drugs can be beneficial for brain tumor patients who have actually experienced a seizure. There are many types of brain tumors, and different types have different risks for seizure. Gliomas and meningiomas are the most common types in adults. Gliomas have many subtypes named after the...
A seizure (also called a fit, spell, convulsion, or attack) is the visible sign of a problem in the electrical system of the brain. A single seizure can have many causes, such as a high fever, lack of oxygen, poisoning, trauma, a tumor, infection, or after brain surgery. Most seizu...
Eighty patients older than 65 years underwent craniotomy for primary or secondary brain tumors. Glioblastoma was the most common tumor, followed by metastatic carcinoma and meningioma. Three patients died within 30 days of surgery. Twent... T Tomita,AJ Raimondi - 《Jama the Journal of the America...
The team recruited volunteers awaiting surgery for glioblastoma whose tumors had infiltrated the brain region controlling speech. Just before operating on the tumor, Hervey-Jumper placed a grid of tiny electrodes on the surface of the speech region, showed the volunteers pictures and asked them to ...
Epilepsy treatment such as medications, surgery, use of medical devices, and even diet recommendations may be able to help you become seizure-free. Brain Diseases: Trauma Head trauma is another way of saying that you've had a severe injury to your head. It includes these conditions: ...
New devices have enormous potential to help patients whose seizures are not controlled by medication and who are not candidates for curative epilepsy surgery. Further research into where, how, and when to deliver electrical stimulation in the brain is needed to maximize benefit from these new ...
Patients were further (from 1 to 8years post injury) contacted for questioning including evaluation of the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS), recovery of professional activity, concentration disorders, motor and mood disabilities, sleep disorders, headaches, or seizure occurrences. We compared this population...
Epilepsy surgery is the treatment of choice for drug-resistant epilepsy patients. However, seizure-freedom is currently achieved in only 2/3 of the patients after surgery. In this study we have developed an individualized computational model based on MEG
,... - 《Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery》 被引量: 23发表: 2014年 Chapter 19. The role of anti-seizure prophylaxis following severe pediatric traumatic brain injury Prophylactic use of an-ti-seizure therapy is not recommended for children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) for ...