Table 4.
Association of epilepsy with neurologic complications from surgery
| Epilepsy before Surgery |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes |
No |
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| N = 244 (31.3%) | N = 535 (68.7%) | ||||||||
| Epilepsy after Surgery |
Epilepsy after Surgery |
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| Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | |
| N = 204 (26.2%) | N = 575 (83.8%) | N = 100 (41.0%) | N = 144 (59.0%) | N = 104 (19.4%) | N = 431 (80.6%) | ||||
| Cranial nerve palsy, N (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 19 (9.3) | 62 (10.8) | .555 | 10 (10.0) | 9 (6.3) | .282 | 9 (8.7) | 53 (12.3) | .393 |
| No | 185 (90.7) | 513 (89.2) | 90 (90.0) | 135 (93.7) | 95 (91.3) | 378 (87.7) | |||
| Trigeminal neuralgia, N (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 9 (1.6) | .122 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | N.A. | 0 (0.0) | 9 (2.1) | .217 |
| No | 204 (100.0) | 566 (98.4) | 100 (100.0) | 143 (99.3) | 104 (100.0) | 422 (97.9) | |||
| Sensorimotor deficit, N (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 40 (19.6) | 66 (11.5) | .004 | 19 (19.0) | 21 (14.6) | .359 | 21 (20.2) | 45 (10.4) | .007 |
| No | 164 (80.4) | 509 (88.5) | 81 (81.0) | 123 (85.4) | 83 (79.8) | 386 (89.6) | |||
| Visual deficit, N (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 11 (5.4) | 51 (8.9) | .115 | 7 (7.0) | 7 (4.9) | .480 | 4 (3.8) | 44 (10.2) | .054 |
| No | 193 (94.6) | 524 (91.1) | 93 (93.0) | 137 (95.1) | 100 (96.2) | 387 (89.8) | |||
| Stroke, N (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 13 (6.4) | 23 (4.0) | .166 | 4 (4.0) | 7 (4.9) | .750 | 9 (8.7) | 16 (3.7) | .032 |
| No | 191 (93.6) | 552 (96.0) | 96 (96.0) | 137 (95.1) | 95 (91.3) | 415 (96.3) | |||
| CNS infection, N (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 10 (4.9) | 6 (1.0) | .002 | 6 (6.0) | 1 (0.7) | .015 | 4 (3.8) | 5 (1.2) | .077 |
| No | 194 (95.1) | 569 (99.0) | 94 (94.0) | 143 (99.3) | 100 (96.2) | 426 (98.8) | |||
| Hemorrhage, N (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 63 (30.9) | 153 (26.6) | .241 | 38 (38.0) | 37 (25.7) | .040 | 25 (24.0) | 116 (26.9) | .550 |
| No | 141 (69.1) | 422 (73.4) | 62 (62.0) | 107 (74.3) | 79 (76.0) | 315 (73.1) | |||
| Clinically symptomatic, N (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 40 (46.8) | 74 (40.1) | .043 | 18 (47.4) | 21 (56.8) | .416 | 22 (88.0) | 53 (45.7) | <.001 |
| No | 23 (53.2) | 79 (59.9) | 20 (52.6) | 16 (43.2) | 3 (12.0) | 63 (54.3) | |||
| Hydrocephalus, N (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 13 (6.4) | 14 | .008 | 3 (3.0) | 4 (2.8) | 1.000 | 10 (9.6) | 10 (2.3) | <.001 |
| No | 191 (93.6) | 561 | 97 (97.0) | 140 (97.2) | 94 (90.4) | 421 (97.7) | |||
| Recraniotomy, N (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 16 (7.8) | 21 (3.7) | .016 | 7 (7.0) | 4 (2.8) | .130 | 9 (8.7) | 17 (3.9) | .045 |
| No | 188 (92.2) | 554 (96.3) | 93 (93.0) | 140 (97.2) | 95 (91.3) | 414 (96.1) | |||