title: Quadriplegia Following Epileptic Seizure : Things to Keep in Mind.
abstract: People with epilepsy are believed to be at a higher risk of incurring accidental injury than people who do not have seizures. The incidence of injury, either due to seizure or accident as a consequent of seizure is also high and varies from 0.03% to 3%. The most common injuries are head contusions, lacerations, burns and fractures. In this article, we present a case of quadriplegia after a generalized epileptic seizure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan Hüseyin
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kozak
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Neurology, Beyhekim State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zülal
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yeşilbudak
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Neurosurgery, Beyhekim State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Lokman
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Şişman
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Ulvi
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Uca
keywords: Epilepsy; Injury; Quadriplegia; Rapid sequence intubation