Epilepsy Risk Associated With the Receipt of General Anesthesia Relative to Neuraxial Anesthesia
The effects of general anesthesia may take multiple years to become significantly associated with an increased risk of epilepsy. However, our findings are likely affected by other factors, such as unmeasured differences between the anesthesia cohorts, types of surgical procedures, and the occurrence of epilepsy risk factors during follow-up. Future research should explore whether there is effect modification between specific surgical procedures and control for the onset of epilepsy risk factors after anesthesia receipt.
Authors
- Tresah C. Antaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8612-5976)
- R. Grace Couper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3888-2654)
- Miguel Arango
- Jorge G. Burneo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3644-2826)
- Philip M. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2296-6327)
- Melody Lam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6989-7926)
- Mauricio Giraldo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4025-430X)
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- London Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurology
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000213469
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00