The spur and, in some cases, a small section ofnormal olecranon, were removed using an osteotome,rongeur, or combination of the two (Figs. 6-8). 2,14,21 Allauthors were careful to preserve the remainder of thenormal distal triceps insertion.
Causes of Epilepsy. There are around 180,000 new cases of epilepsy each year. About 30% occur in children. Children and elderly adults are the ones most often affected. There is a clear cause for epilepsy in only a minority of the cases. Typically, the known causes of seizure involve some injury to the brain. Some of the main causes of epilepsy include: 1  Low oxygen during birth.
1 Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally causing strange sensations, emotions, and behavior, or sometimes convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness.2  Epilepsy is not contagious and is not caused by mental illness or mental retardation. Epilepsy has many possible causes, from illness to brain damage to abnormal brain development. 2  Genetics may also play a role. 3  Epilepsy can also develop as a result of brain damage from other disorders including brain tumors, alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, strokes, and heart attacks.