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Friday 24 May 2013

Depressed Fracture Skull

Depressed Fracture Skull
CT Scan Head -Depressed Fracture Right Frontal Bone

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
 

2 comments:

  1. Hello I am really impressed with this blog! Very clear explanation of issues is given and it is open to everyone. Thanks for sharing this post. When i was also searching for CT Scan Centre in Jayanagar, Bangalore. I got one new center that is Prima Diagnostics. It is excellent centre for CT Scan Centre in Jayanagar, Bangalore. If you are also searching for best diagnostics centre you can visit here. If you want any more info. please go here http://www.primadiagnostics.com/

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  2. Thanks 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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