{"id":408,"date":"2014-06-22T09:01:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T09:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/?p=408"},"modified":"2014-06-22T09:02:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T09:02:37","slug":"seizures-and-malignant-mcs-strokes-a-real-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/2014\/06\/22\/seizures-and-malignant-mcs-strokes-a-real-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Seizures and malignant MCS strokes:  A real problem!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The risk of seizures after structural brain lesions, such as strokes, would be expected to be high, although this has not been studied in detail.\u00a0 Clearly, such issues would have great bearing on patient management.\u00a0 In this issue of JNNP, the risk of seizures in patients post malignant MCA territory strokes that underwent decompressive hemicraniectomy was reportedly high, impacting on patient recovery and management. \u00a0 None-the-less, all patients would have chosen surgery irrespective of seizure risk.\u00a0\u00a0 These issues should be discussed with families of patients who are in this predicament, putting a brighter picture on outlook.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more at :\u00a0 http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/7\/721.abstract<\/p>\n<div id=\"slugline\"><cite> <span id=\"article-slug-jnl-abbr\"> <abbr class=\"slug-jnl-abbrev\" title=\"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery &amp; Psychiatry\"> J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry<\/abbr> <\/span> <span class=\"slug-pub-date\">2014;<\/span><span class=\"slug-vol\">85<span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-after-article-vol\">:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"slug-pages\">721-725 <\/span> <span class=\"slug-doi\" title=\"10.1136\/jnnp-2013-305678\"> doi:10.1136\/jnnp-2013-305678 <\/span> <\/cite><\/div>\n<ul class=\"subject-headings last-child\">\n<li>Cerebrovascular disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"series-titles\">\n<li>Research paper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article abstract-view \">\n<h1 id=\"article-title-1\">Seizures after decompressive hemicraniectomy for ischaemic stroke<\/h1>\n<div class=\"contributors\">\n<ol id=\"contrib-group-1\" class=\"contributor-list\">\n<li id=\"contrib-1\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=C+J+Creutzfeldt&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">C J Creutzfeldt<\/a><\/span>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-2\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=D+L+Tirschwell&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">D L Tirschwell<\/a><\/span>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-3\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=L+J+Kim&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">L J Kim<\/a><\/span>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-4\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=G+B+Schubert&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">G B Schubert<\/a><\/span>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-5\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=W+T+Longstreth+Jr&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">W T Longstreth Jr<\/a><\/span>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-6\" class=\"last\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=K+J+Becker&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">K J Becker<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>DEAR BLOGGERS, I WILL BE AWAY FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS.\u00a0 WILL CATCH UP AGAIN ON JULY 6TH<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BULA FROM FIJI:)))<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"irc_mi\" style=\"margin-top: 171px\" src=\"http:\/\/vacation1234.com\/WeeklySpecialsImages\/Fiji4_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"219\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The risk of seizures after structural brain lesions, such as strokes, would be expected to be high, although this has not been studied in detail.\u00a0 Clearly, such issues would have great bearing on patient management.\u00a0 In this issue of JNNP, the risk of seizures in patients post malignant MCA territory strokes that underwent decompressive hemicraniectomy [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/2014\/06\/22\/seizures-and-malignant-mcs-strokes-a-real-problem\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}