TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Hamdy Nasser Ali Haggag AU - Ahmed Mohamed Ali , AU - Mohamed Mamdouh Salama , AU - Osama Ahmed Elsayed Elfahl , TI - Role of prophylactic antiepileptic drugs in prevention of early seizures after surgical evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma / PY - 2018/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Hamdy Nasser Ali Haggag , KW - Chronic subdural hematoma KW - Epilepsy KW - Subacute subdural hematoma N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Neurosurgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a common neurosurgical condition that occurs after minor head trauma. Epilepsy is a classical complication of CSDH. This study was prospectively performed to determine the value of prophylactic antiepileptic drugs (AEDS) in prevention of early seizures after evacuation of CSDH. 82 patients were divided into 2 groups: Group A (41 patients received prophylactic antiepileptic drugs for 1week) and Group B (41 patients without prophylactic antiepileptic drugs). Fits occurred only among Group B {u2248} (7%) of the 41 patients and in none of those who received prophylactic antiepileptic drugs. Statistically, the difference between the 2 groups regarding the incidence of fits was insignificant with Probability value {u02C3}0.873. Therefore; we recommend that prophylactic antiepileptic drugs should not be administered routinely in all patients operated upon for evacuation of CSDH UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -