Naslov
Posttraumatic epilepsy in the Požega valley population

Autori
Vuković, Borislav ; Liščić, RM

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts of the 3rd Croatian symposium on epilepsy, Neurologia Croatica 1998 47(suppl 2) / - , 1998, 24-24

Skup
3rd Croatian symposium on epilepsy with international participants

Mjesto i datum
Starigrad, Hrvatska, 01.10.1998. - 03.10.1998

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
posttraumatic epilepsy

Sažetak
Ths tiim of tho study was to estimate the incidence of late post-traumatic epilepsy In patients suffering from epilepsy since the age >15, from the Požega Valley, during tho 1988- 1991 and 1992-1997 periods. According to other studies (HopIttnH, 1.095), post-traumatic epilepsy in adults occurrs in 4%-10% of patients. In tho present study, the methods of clinical examination, electroencephalography, and Wain computed tomography were used. Post- traumatic epilepsy was found in (1, 1% (n«261) patients in the first, and in 9.1% (n=364) in the second study period. I luring 1992, a four- fold increase in the rate of late posttraumatic epilepsies compared to the year before was recorded as a consequence of severe head and neck war injuries. The number of civilian post- traumatic epilepsies did not change during the periods of observation. Epilepsy due to peace- time and war injuries developed within one year from the traumatic event in 60% and 75% of patients, respectively. In patients with peace- time head injuries, generalized epileptic seizures with convulsive symptomatology and partial seizures with secondary generaliza- tion were recorded in 78% and 70% of patients in the first and second period of observation, respectively. Generalized seizures with convulsive symptomatology or partial epileptic seizures with secondary generalization were recorded in all (100%) patients with war wounds of the head. Results pointed to a conclusion that the increase in the proportion of post- traumatic epilepsies in the second study period (1992-1997) was caused by war injuries to the head and neck.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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