Correlation between the skull base fracture and the incidence of intracranial hemorrhage in patients with traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A head injury (HI) may cause a skull fracture, which may or may not be associated with injury to the brain. In essence, a skull base fracture (SBF) is a linear fracture at the base of the skull. Loss of consciousness and Glasgow coma score (GCS) may vary depending on an associated intracranial pathology. The pathomechanism is believed to be caused by high energy impact directly to the mastoid and supraorbital bone or indirectly from the cranial vault. Aim of this study is to define the correlation between SBF and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in patients with HI.

Methods

Analysis of data obtained from a retrospective review of medical records and from a systematized database pertaining to diagnostic criteria of SBF patients based only on clinical symptoms associated

SUBMITTER: Faried A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6823676 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature