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Overall, supratentorial neurosurgical procedures are associated with a 17% risk of developing postoperative seizures. The incidence varies, but treatment of an arteriovenous malformation, an intracerebral haematoma, a middle cerebral artery aneurysm, an abscess, and meningiomas carry the highest risk. The role of prophylactic anticonvulsant therapy is discussed.
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Foy, P.M., Copeland, G.P. & Shaw, M.D.M. The incidence of postoperative seizures. Acta neurochir 55, 253–264 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01808441
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