Risk factors for post-traumatic seizures (Epilepsy) in the patients with brain injury in Turkey [Türkiye’de beyin hasarı bulunan hastalarda post travmatik nöbet (Epilepsi) açısından risk faktörleri]

Objective: post-traumatic seizure following head trauma is a well-known and serious complication. risk factors vary between study groups. main objective of the present study is to determine the risk factors for post-traumatic epilepsy (pte) among patients with head trauma. material and method: medical cases with head trauma,which had been reported between 2006 and 2010 by the 2nd forensic medicine expertise council of forensic medicine institute,were evaluated in terms of post-traumatic seizures and epilepsy and 1346 patients with serious head trauma were included in the study. cranial ct and mri of these patients were evaluated. results: pte was diagnosed in 101 patients (7.5% of overall cases). generalized tonic-clonic seizure was the most commonly encountered seizure with a prevalence rate of 33.66%. twenty-four patients had early seizures (23.77%) and 77 patients had late seizures (76.23%). fractures (68.31%),multiple lobe lesions (31.03%) and contusions (33.33%) were encountered in pte population. unconsciousness just after trauma and low glasgow coma score were determined in the patients with pte. conclusions: attention must be paid for the development pte in the patients with compression fractures,multiple lesions and contusions. unconsciousness and low glasgow coma score are the other risk factors. © 2015,ege university press. all rights reserved.