Amirhosein Nejat, Samuel Berchi Kankam, Vahid Heidari, Keyvan Tayebi Meybodi, Zohreh Habibi, Sajedeh Karami, Farideh Nejat
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Abstract
Introduction: The aim of the study was to investigate and identify the predictors associated with the incidence of seizures in patients with encephalocele (EC).
Methods: A retrospective analysis was undertaken of patients treated for EC at a tertiary medical center in Tehran between 2010 and 2021. Data including age at presentation, gender, location, size, and content of EC, ventriculomegaly, hydrocephalus, associated anomalies, and neurodevelopmental delay (NDD) were evaluated for their prognostic value. In addition, univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify the correlation between independent predictors and seizure incidence.
Results: One hundred and two cases of EC were identified. Seventy-one ECs (69.6%) were posterior ECs, while 31 (30.4%) were anterior. Neural tissue was found in 43 (42.2%) of the ECs. Thirty-three patients (32.4%) had ventriculomegaly, of which 90.9% underwent shunt placement for progressive or symptomatic hydrocephalus. Seizure was found in 26 (25.5%) patients. On univariate analysis, presence of other anomalies, postoperative infections, and NDD were associated with seizures (p < 0.05). When the anomalies were categorized into intracranial and extracranial groups in univariate analysis, none was associated with statistically significant increase in seizure (p values of 0.09 and 0.61, respectively). Although according to multivariate analysis, only the association between other associated anomalies and seizure was near significant (OR: 2.0, 95% CI: 0.95-4.2, p = 0.049). Children with NDD and postoperative infection were, respectively, 3.04 and 1.3 times more at risk to experience seizures compared to other patients.
Conclusion: We found a rate of 25.5% risk of seizure in patients with EC. This study could not find any significant predictors of seizure in children with EC. However, pediatric patients with postoperative infections including sepsis, wound infection, and NDD require more consideration to reduce the risk of seizure.
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Articles in ''Pediatric Neurosurgery'' strives to publish new information and observations in pediatric neurosurgery and the allied fields of neurology, neuroradiology and neuropathology as they relate to the etiology of neurologic diseases and the operative care of affected patients. In addition to experimental and clinical studies, the journal presents critical reviews which provide the reader with an update on selected topics as well as case histories and reports on advances in methodology and technique. This thought-provoking focus encourages dissemination of information from neurosurgeons and neuroscientists around the world that will be of interest to clinicians and researchers concerned with pediatric, congenital, and developmental diseases of the nervous system.
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