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.
The siblings of children with epilepsy, even very young kids, may notice things about the seizures that parents may not. Also, you may want to keep a video camera handy so that you can tape your child during a seizure.n most cases -- about seven out of 10 -- the cause of the seizures can't be identified. This type of seizure is called idiopathic or cryptogenic, meaning that we don't know what causes them. The problem may be with an uncontrolled firing of neurons in the brain that triggers a seizure.