Affiliation:
1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Abstract
Seizure is a common symptom of meningioma that has a major impact on patients’ quality of life. The purpose of this study was to identify predictive factors for the occurrence of preoperative and postoperative seizures. The data of patients with resection of histologically confirmed meningioma at University Hospital Leipzig from 2009 to 2018 were retrospectively examined. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of different factors influencing seizure outcome were performed. The male gender was identified as an independent positive predictor for preoperative seizures (odds ratio [OR] 1.917 [95% confidence interval {CI} 1.044–3.521], p = 0.036), whereas headache (OR 0.230 [95% CI 0.091–0.582], p = 0.002) and neurological deficits (OR 0.223; [95% CI 0.121–0.410], p < 0.001) were demonstrated to be negative predictive factors. Sensorimotor deficit after surgery (OR 4.490 [95% CI 2.231–9.037], p < 0.001) was found to be a positive predictor for the occurrence of postoperative seizures. The identified predictors for the occurrence of seizures in meningioma can contribute to improving seizure treatment and patients’ quality of life.
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