Depressed Fracture Skull
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| CT Scan Head -Depressed Fracture Right Frontal Bone |
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| CT Scan Head -Depressed Fracture Right Frontal Bone |
Depressed Fracture Skull can damage brain parenchyma and can result in Pressure effect or Midline shift.
Indications of Surgical Elevation of a Depressed Fracture Skull are
1. Paediatric patients
2. Seizures
3. Depression more than 1.5cm in to the brain parenchyma.
In other cases conservative line of management with Neurosurgery observation ( Head Injury Chart ) may be sufficient.
Head Injury Chart Includes Hourly Monitoring of
1. Pulse Rate
2. Blood Pressure
3. GCS
4. Pupils- Size and Reaction to Light
5. Respiratory Rate
6. Body Temperature
7. Power of Upper Limbs
8. Power of Lower Limbs
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this. I really like the way that you describe all the things. Is their anyway that you deal with dent in skull issue because my friend in suffering from it and now he tries to overcome it.
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