Modified Tongqiaohuoxue on treating 72 cases of epilepsy after traumatic brain injury Clinical Observation.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Modified Tongqiaohuoxue on treating 72 cases of epilepsy after traumatic brain injury Clinical Observation [Keywords:] Modified Tongqiaohuoxue soup, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury complications, carbamazepine Epilepsy after traumatic brain injury is traumatic brain injury secondary to the epileptic seizures after traumatic brain injury is one of the major complications. In recent years, with the increasing traffic accidents, traumatic brain injury secondary to the incidence of epilepsy There is also an increasing trend .2001-2006, the author uses Modified Tongqiaohuoxue treating 72 patients with epilepsy after traumatic brain injury and 54 patients treated with conventional Western medicine control, and achieved satisfactory results, are reported below. 1 Clinical data 1.1 Diagnostic criteria Determine the diagnosis of epilepsy mainly relies on clinical manifestations, EEG waveforms and the effects of antiepileptic drugs [1]. EEG-negative patients, the effects of antiepileptic drugs often become the main basis for establishing the diagnosis. All previous non-traumatic brain injury patients history of epilepsy. 1.2 General Information Traditional Chinese medicine hospital of 126 cases were hospitalized patients, have a history of trauma, and by brain CT or MRI diagnosis of traumatic brain injury, clinical history of a seizure, and after exclusion of other causes neurological hospital diagnosis of traumatic epilepsy. Which male 99 cases, 27 females, aged 28 to 72 years, mean 42.3 years, 59 cases of cerebral contusion, intracranial hematoma in 28 cases, severe head trauma with subdural hematoma in 17 cases, severe brain injury craniotomy hematoma in 42 cases. electroencephalogram (EEG) examination: 101 cases of abnormal, 25 cases were normal; abnormal EEG showed diffuse low frequency wave θ and δ waves, amplitude asymmetry, including 41 cases of spikes, spike slow wave activity. the 126 patients 72 patients were random