While it is thought that the routine use of prophylactic antiepileptics may prevent new seizures in patients undergoing surgery for a convexity meningioma, the rate of new seizures in untreated patients is probably very low.
Data in this study call into question whether the cost and side effects of these medications are worth the small benefit their administration may confer.
2011-03-02
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Brain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
J Neurosurg. 2011 Mar;114(3):705-9
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