OBJECTIVES Although radiosurgery has been found to be a safe and effective alternative treatment, seizure outcome of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) radiosurgery has not been documented in detail. We report the effect of Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) on seizures associated with AVMs and discuss the various factors that influence the prognosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between 1992 and 2004, 24...

Background: Seizures are among the most common serious neurologic disorders. Patients with epilepsy could be hospitalized for; optimum diagnosis, or treatment of prolonged seizure, status epilepticus, either through the outpatient clinic (OPC) or emergency hospital (EH). Objectives: to evaluate the pattern of hospitalization and epidemiology of patients with seizure. Methods: We reviewed the di...

PURPOSE Seizures are the most common initial symptom in patients with low-grade gliomas, and approximately 30% of these patients still suffer from epilepsy after gross-total resection of the tumour. We examined the relationship between the overexpression of ki-67 in WHO grade II gliomas and seizure control. METHODS A series of 93 histologically confirmed WHO grade II glioma tissues were analy...

Among 1402 patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), seizures occurred in 64 (4.6%) and epilepsy in 35 (2.5%). Seizure was the first manifestation of ICH in 19 patients (30%). Status epilepticus occurred in 11 patients (17%) and it was the initial presentation of ICH in six (9%). The majority had simple partial seizures that were predominantly focal and motor. There were 38 patients with e...

OBJECTIVES The risk of recurrence following a first-ever seizure is 40-50%, warranting driving restriction during the early period of highest risk. This restriction must be balanced against the occupational, educational and social limitations that result from patients being ineligible to drive. The recommended duration of non-driving after a first seizure varies widely between jurisdictions, in...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa epilepsy is more common in patients with multiple sclerosis (ms) than in the general population, occurring in 2%–3% of patients. convulsions may be either tonic–clonic in nature or partial complex. in these individuals, seizures most likely result from lesions present in the cerebral cortex and subcortical white matter. a jacksonian seizure is a typ...

epilepsy is a chronic disease that affects different aspects of life; so we studied the quality of life of epileptic patients and compared it with general population of tehran. we collected clinical and demographic data and studied quality of life by using the iranian translation of short form 36 questionnaire version 2 (sf-36). the questionnaires were filled out by 200 patients with epilepsy r...

The aim of this retrospective study is to describe changes of seizure frequency in epilepsy patients who participated in the Andrews/Reiter behavioral intervention for epilepsy. For this uncontrolled retrospective study, data were extracted from patients' medical journals. Intention-to-treat-analyses were restricted to patients with sufficient documentation supporting a diagnosis of probable or...