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Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) accounts for about 5% of all epilepsies and 20% of all epilepsies with a structural cause [1]. The risk of PTE after TBI ranges between 2 (mild TBI) and 17- fold (severe TBI) [2]. Clinical risk factors for PTE after TBI are the severity of head injury, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) at admission, the length of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA), the length of coma and ICU admission as well as the occurrence of acute symptomatic seizures [2]. However, there is considerable heterogeneity in TBI and other variables may impact the likelihood of PTE.