Conclusion
Traumatic brain injury carries an increased risk of epilepsy that correlates with the severity of the brain injury. Posttraumatic epilepsy accounts for less than 10% of epilepsy, but constitutes one of only a few potentially preventable causes of epilepsy. However, despite several well-controlled human studies, there is no current preventive treatment available in humans. Primary prevention is therefore the only proven way to prevent posttraumatic epilepsy. In that respect, it is encouraging that the hospitalization rate for TBI has fallen among the civilian population, but it is not clear whether this reflects a change in admission practice or a true decrease in TBI incidence. The decrease among the civilian population may be counterbalanced by a concerning increased incidence of hospitalization for TBI among the military population.[32]
Semin Neurol. 2015;35(3):218-222. © 2015 Thieme Medical Publishers
