No Difference Between Blast- and Non-Blast-Related Concussions In Military Personnel
Nearly 80 percent of military personnel suffering from mild brain trauma suffered moderate to severe overall disability within a year after injury.
Explosions are the most-common cause of traumatic brain injuries in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. A new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that military personnel with mild brain trauma related to such blasts had outcomes similar to those with mild brain injury from other causes.
However, nearly 80 percent of patients in both categories of brain trauma suffered moderate to severe overall disability within a year after injury.
The analysis appears in the June 16 issue of JAMA Neurology.
