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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

Clinical comparison of the predictive value of the simple skull x-ray and 3 dimensional computed tomography for skull fractures of children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
OBJECTIVE: In the pediatric population the skull has not yet undergone ossification and it is assumed that the diagnostic rate of skull fractures by simple X-rays are lower than that of adults.
Yoon, SH, Kim, YI, Cheong, JW
core   +1 more source

Spontaneous fetal skull fractures - an unsolved issue?

open access: yes, 2020
Spontaneous skull fractures are particularly interesting due to the vague circumstances of their occurrence. Apart from scientific and professional significance, fetal fractures may have medico-legal implications for obstetricians and midwives because ...
Bilić Čače, Iva   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A study of clinical presentation and management of base of skull fractures in our tertiary care centre

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2021
Basal skull fractures remain one of the more difficult head and neck fractures to evaluate and treat. They often have extensive associated injuries, both intracranial and extra-cranial, which make the management of the patients more challenging.The aim ...
Bhaskar Naidu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Associated Spinal Fractures in Cases of Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage or Skull Fracture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Introduction: Patients with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) or skull fracture are typically admitted to the Department of Neurosurgery for fear of delayed neurological deterioration.
Yoshino K, Suzuki K, Yunoki M, Uneda A
core   +1 more source

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

Pattern of Skull Fractures and Its Outcome in Pediatric Head Injury Patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Objective: Skull fractures are common in pediatric age group. The surgical management of paediatric patients with a skull fracture differs among institutions and surgeons.
Muhammad, Ghulam   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Risks, costs, and outcomes of cerebrospinal fluid leaks after pediatric skull fractures: a MarketScan analysis between 2007 and 2015.

open access: yesNeurosurgical Focus, 2019
OBJECTIVE Skull fractures are common after blunt pediatric head trauma. CSF leaks are a rare but serious complication of skull fractures; however, little evidence exists on the risk of developing a CSF leak following skull fracture in the pediatric ...
Kunal Varshneya   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Skull Fractures in Children Younger Than Two Years of Age

open access: yesJornal de Pediatria, 2018
Objectives To determine the accuracy of skull point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) for identifying fractures in children younger than 2 years of age with signs of head trauma, and the ability of POCUS to identify the type and depth of fracture depression ...
N. Parri   +8 more
semanticscholar   +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

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