1. Hippocampal sclerosis in women with temporal lobe epilepsy: seizure and pregnancy outcomes.
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Chen, Yujie, Hao, Nanya, Xiong, Weixi, Zhang, Hesheng, Zhang, Enhui, Ou, Zhujing, Chen, Lei, Wu, Xintong, and Zhou, Dong
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RISK assessment ,PATIENT compliance ,CESAREAN section ,RESEARCH funding ,T-test (Statistics) ,PROBABILITY theory ,FISHER exact test ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,PREGNANCY outcomes ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,SYMPTOMS ,MANN Whitney U Test ,CHI-squared test ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,TEMPORAL lobe epilepsy ,LONGITUDINAL method ,INDUCED labor (Obstetrics) ,ODDS ratio ,SEIZURES (Medicine) ,MEDICAL records ,ACQUISITION of data ,HIPPOCAMPAL sclerosis ,COMPARATIVE studies ,DRUGS ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,DATA analysis software ,ANTICONVULSANTS ,DISEASE risk factors ,PREGNANCY - Abstract
Background: Temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (TLE-HS) is typically resistant to pharmacological interventions; however, achieving seizure freedom is possible through surgery. Our objective was to focus on the pregnancy and seizure outcomes during pregnancy of women with TLE-HS, and aim to identify predictors of seizure control. Methods: The West China Registry of Pregnancy of Women with Epilepsy (WCPR_EPi) was a monocentric prospective cohort study of women with epilepsy (WWE). We screened women with TLE-HS in this database. Their clinical profile, anti-seizure medication (ASM) use, and pregnancy outcomes were extracted from the records of the registry (2010–2023). Results: Out of 2320 WWE followed up, 47 pregnancies in women with TLE-HS were identified and analyzed. Seizure exacerbation occurred in 40.4% of pregnancies, and seizure freedom was present in 34.0% of these during pregnancy. Factors associated with seizure exacerbation during pregnancy was ASM non-adherence (odds ratio [OR] =7.00, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.43–34.07, P=0.016). The surgery group showed a significantly higher seizure freedom rate (OR = 6.87, 95% CI 1.02–46.23, P=0.016) and lower rate of induced labor (0.0% vs 26.5%, P=0.047) compared to the medically-treated group alone. Caesarean section was chosen in 77.1% of cases due to seizure concerns, with comparable in epilepsy-related (n=20) and obstetric causes (n=24). No major congenital malformations were reported. Conclusions: Surgical treatment before pregnancy appears to offer a higher chance of seizure freedom compared to medication alone. Most of women with TLE-HS can deliver healthy offspring regardless of suboptimal seizure control and unwarranted concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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