Posttraumatic epilepsy

• Surgical cure of intractable epilepsy caused by retained intracranial foreign body under cortical electroencephalography monitoring: case report and literature review
• Seizure-Induced Periprosthetic Femoral Fracture After Total Hip Arthroplasty in a Patient With Epilepsy: A Case Report
• Cannabigerol does not affect contextual fear memory in mice but modulates nociception in a sex-dependent manner
• Parent and Family Well-Being and Associated Risk Factors as Children with Neonatal Seizures Reach Preschool and School-Age: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
• Release of extracellular matrix components after human traumatic brain injury
• Social determinants of health and healthcare utilization in veterans with post-traumatic epilepsy
• An algorithm for seizure detection in rodents
• Cannabidiol ameliorates seizures and neuronal damage in ferric chloride-induced posttraumatic epilepsy by targeting TRPV1 channel

Posttraumatic seizures (PTS) are a common complication of TBI, and antiepileptic drugs are used to reduce the risk of both early seizures (occurring within the first week) and late seizures (occurring after one week and potentially leading to post-traumatic epilepsy).

Recurrent seizures more than 7 days following injury.

● 2 categories: early (≤ 7 days) and late (>7 days) after head trauma

● anticonvulsants (AEDs) may be used to prevent early posttraumatic seizures (PTS) in patients at high risk for seizures

● prophylactic AEDs do NOT reduce the frequency of late PTS

● discontinue AEDs after 1 week except for cases meeting specific criteria

Posttraumatic Epilepsy Epidemiology.

Posttraumatic seizures (PTS) are often divided (arbitrarily) into early (occurring within 1 week of injury) and late (thereafter) ¹⁾. There may be justification for a third category: “immediate”, i.e. within minutes to an hour or so.

see Late-onset posttraumatic seizures.

Early Posttraumatic seizures.

Posttraumatic seizures risk factors.

Posttraumatic seizures management.

Book Review: Posttraumatic Epilepsy: Basic and Clinical Aspects ²⁾.

see Posttraumatic seizures case series.