Frequency of Neurosurgical Lesions in Patients with Minor Traumatic Head Injuries

Authors

  • EHTISHAM AHMED Department of Neurosurgery, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad
  • SAJID NAZIR BHATTI Department of Neurosurgery, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad
  • ABDUL AZIZ KHAN Department of Neurosurgery, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad

Keywords:

Head injury, Glasgow coma scale, Intracranial lesions, Intracranial injury

Abstract

Objective: To observe the characteristics of minor head injuries (HI) receiving treatment at our Neurosurgery Department and their evolution in the short term.
Materials and Methods: Study included patients over the age of 14 who had sustained a minor HI, had a cranial CT scan and had been admitted for observation in the neurosurgery ward. Descriptive and retrospective analysis.
Results: A total of 114 patients were included in the study. 76% presented with Glasgow 15 and 78% were male. Brief loss of consciousness (70%) and amnesia (52%) were the two most frequent alertness clinical findings. Surgical lesions were (15%) depressed skull fractures, 8% had extradural hematomas, cerebral contusions in 5.2% and subdural hematomas in 1%.
Conclusions: As patients with minor traumatic brain injury have significant number of surgical lesion so Clinical guidelines must be set up for the treatment of patients with minor traumatic brain injury.

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2018-10-06

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2011): January-June

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