A Population-Based Study of Seizures after Traumatic Brain Injuries

There have been many studies of seizures after penetrating war injuries. 1 – 3 However, most studies of post-traumatic seizures in civilian populations involve selected neurosurgical series. 4 , 5 The overall risk of seizures is as high as 53 percent after war injuries 2 and ranges from 1.8 to 5.0 percent in civilian populations. 5 , 6 Much less is known about the characteristics of traumatic brain injury in civilians that are associated with an increased risk of seizures and the magnitude and duration of the increase. We studied post-traumatic seizures in Olmsted County, Minnesota, for the 50-year period from 1935 through 1984, with follow-up extended . . .