@ARTICLE{Abolfazli, author = {Faghihjouibari, Morteza and Khadivi, Masoud and Rouhani, Reza and Pazoki Toroudi, Hamidreza and Nazari, Masoud and Sadeghian, Mahgol and Abolfazli, Mehdi and }, title = {Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Levetiracetam Versus Phenytoin for Post-craniotomy Seizure Prophylaxis}, volume = {37}, number = {1}, abstract ={Background: Superiority of levetiracetam over phenytoin for postcraniotomy seizure prophylaxis in patients with a supratentorial brain tumor is controversial. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of levetiracetam versus phenytoin for postcraniotomy seizure prophylaxis in supratentorial brain tumor. Methods: In a randomized controlled trial study, 80 patients with a supratentorial brain tumor who underwent craniotomy were allocated to levetiracetam or phenytoin group, 40 patients each. Seizure prophylaxis was started 5 days before the surgery and continued until 90 days after surgery. Phenytoin group received 100 mg oral phenytoin 3 times a day. The levetiracetam group received 500 mg oral levetiracetam 2 times a day. The primary outcome was the incidence of postcraniotomy seizures. The secondary outcome measure was the safety profile of the drugs. Results: All patients of the phenytoin group and 39 patients of levetiracetam completed the study. ‎Two seizures developed in the study population, ‎1 ‏in the ‏phenytoin group (2.5%) and 1 in the levetiracetam group (2.6%) (P = 0.710). Renal or hepatic dysfunction was not observed in any patients. Wound hematoma was seen in 5 patients (12.5%) of the phenytoin and 6 patients (15.4%) of the levetiracetam group (P = 0.481). Skin rash developed in 3 patients (7.5%) of the phenytoin group and no patient of the levetiracetam group (P = 0.132). Thrombocytopenia was detected in 1 patient of the phenytoin group (2.5%) and no patient of the levetiracetam group (P = 0.511). None of the adverse events led to drug withdrawal. Conclusion: These results reveal no superiority of levetiracetam over phenytoin for postcraniotomy seizure prophylaxis in supratentorial brain tumor. }, URL = {http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-8116-en.html}, eprint = {http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-8116-en.pdf}, journal = {Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran}, doi = {10.47176/mjiri.37.7}, year = {2023} }