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Article

Publication Date

9-1-2016

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Asadi-Pooya, A. A., Nei, M., Sharan, A., & Sperling, M. R. (2016). Seizure clusters in drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Epilepsia, 57(9), e187-e190. DOI: 10.1111/epi.13465. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

Abstract

We investigated clinical factors associated with seizure clustering in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy and any association between seizure clustering and outcome after surgery. We performed a retrospective study including patients with a diagnosis of drug-resistant focal epilepsy who underwent epilepsy surgery. Patients were prospectively registered in a database from 1986 until 2015. Seizure cluster was defined as two or more seizures occurring within 2 days. Potential risk factors for seizure clustering were assessed. To investigate any potential association between seizure clusters and seizure outcome after surgery, time to event analysis was used to produce a Kaplan-Meier estimate of seizure recurrence. We studied 764 patients. Seizure clusters were reported in 23.6% of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and 16.9% of extratemporal patients (p = 0.2). We could not identify any significant clinical factors associated with seizure clustering. Among patients with TLE, those who had history of seizure clusters fared better after surgery (p < 0.01). We found that seizure clusters relate to prognosis after temporal lobe surgery in drug-resistant TLE. These data may provide added value for surgical prognostication when combined with other data types. A better understanding of the neurobiology underlying seizure clusters is needed.

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27417685

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