Articles: postoperative.
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Journal of neurosurgery · Dec 2020
Preoperative tumor-associated epilepsy in patients with supratentorial meningioma: factors influencing seizure outcome after meningioma surgery.
Both pre- and postoperative seizures comprise common side effects that negatively impact patient quality of life in those suffering from intracranial meningioma. Therefore, seizure freedom represents an important outcome measure in meningioma surgery. In the current study the authors analyzed their institutional database to identify risk factors for postoperative seizure occurrence after surgical meningioma therapy in patients with preoperative symptomatic epilepsy. ⋯ Surgery is highly effective in the treatment of seizures as common side effects of supratentorial meningioma. Furthermore, the present study identified several significant and independent risk factors for postoperative seizure occurrence, enabling one to select for high-risk patients that require special attention in clinical and surgical management.
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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In cases of unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP), voice disorders caused by glottic insufficiency can lead to a considerable reduction in the patient's quality of life. Voice therapy (VT) is an effective treatment that must be started early after the onset of vocal fold paralysis. This study examined the effect of early VT for patients with UVFP occurring after esophagectomy. ⋯ VT may be effective for improving impaired vocal function in patients with UVFP. It is reasonable to expect that VT can be initiated 1 month after the onset of vocal fold paralysis.