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Optimum imaging and diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Imaging is an important component in the investigation of unilateral watery rhinorrhoea suspicious of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Whilst the demonstration of the presence of beta 2 transferrin confirms that CSF is present it may prove difficult to ...
Howard, D, Lloyd, G, Lund, VJ, Savy, L
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Cerebral Venous Air Embolism due to a Hidden Skull Fracture Secondary to Head Trauma

open access: yesCase Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2015
Cerebral venous air embolism is sometimes caused by head trauma. One of the paths of air entry is considered a skull fracture. We report a case of cerebral venous air embolism following head trauma.
Ai Hosaka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enlarging Skull Fractures

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 1995
The diagnosis, management, and treatment of large unhealed skull fractures are reported in 10 children, aged 2 weeks to 27 months, seen at the Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC in a 4 year period.
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +1 more source

Pattern and Outcome of Chest Injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Chest injuries constitute a continuing challenge to the trauma or general surgeon practicing in developing countries. This study was conducted to outline the etiological spectrum, injury patterns and short term outcome of these injuries in our setting ...
A Kalliopi   +39 more
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Skull-base fractures: Pearls of etiopathology, approaches, management, and outcome

open access: yesApollo Medicine, 2019
Fractures involving skull bases usually results from high-velocity impacts, i.e., motor vehicular accidents. The estimated incidence of skull-base fracture varies from 4% of all head injuries to 7%–16% of closed head injuries.
K V. L Narasinga Rao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subtotal petrosectomy and cerebrospinal fluid leakage in unilateral anacusis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Objective This study presents a group of patients experiencing recurrent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage associated with ipsilateral anacusis who underwent subtotal petrosectomies with the goal of stopping the CSF leak and preventing meningitis ...
Iannella, Giannicola, Magliulo, Giuseppe
core   +1 more source

Direct Anterior Screw Fixation for a Pediatric Odontoid Fracture with Associated Skull Fracture: A Case Report

open access: yesIndian Spine Journal, 2021
The upper cervical spine remains the most susceptible region for spinal trauma in children, with odontoid fractures being the most common ones in this age group.
Dilip Dutta, Arjun Shankar Dasgupta
doaj   +1 more source

Skull fracture: an indicator of life-threatening injury or a predictor of intracranial injury?

open access: yesUkrainian Neurosurgical Journal, 2013
Purpose. To provide arguments that would allow to bring existing today in forensic medicine evaluation of the severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to clinical practice.Materials and methods.
Eugene Pedachenko   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can three-dimensional Reformatted Computed Tomography Scans be Useful to Avoid Misdiagnoses of Skull Fractures in Pediatric Emergency Cases?

open access: yesErciyes Medical Journal, 2020
Objective: To investigate whether three-dimensional (3-D) reformatted cranial computed tomography (CT) scans may contribute to the avoidance of misdiagnosis of skull fractures in pediatric emergency cases.
Yasin Ertuğ Çekdemir
doaj   +1 more source

Retrospective study about the postoperative stability of zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture

open access: yesMaxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2021
Background The aim of this study is to evaluate the postoperative stability of zygomaticomaxillary complex (ZMC) fractures according to the number of fixation sites and to investigate the direction of postoperative displacement of the unfixed part of the
Seoghwan Yang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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