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. 2025 Apr 27;17(9):1478.
doi: 10.3390/cancers17091478.

Intraoperative Seizures in Glioma Surgery: Is It Really Only an Intraoperative Issue?

Giada Pauletto  1 , Annacarmen Nilo  2   3 , Christian Lettieri  2 , Mariarosaria Valente  2   3 , Marco Vindigni  4 , Miran Skrap  4 , Tamara Ius  5 , Lorenzo Verriello  1
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Intraoperative Seizures in Glioma Surgery: Is It Really Only an Intraoperative Issue?

Giada Pauletto et al. Cancers (Basel). .

Abstract

Intraoperative seizures (IOS) represent a complication during surgery of diffuse low-grade gliomas (DLGGs), particularly in cases of awake craniotomy, history of tumor-related epilepsy (TRE), and cortical mapping [...].

Keywords: clinical outcome; intraoperative seizures; low-grade glioma; post-operative seizure outcome; tumor-related epilepsy.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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