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Surgical Lesions in Head Injuries: Their Relative Incidence, Mortality Rates and Trends
Author(s) -
Jamieson Kenneth G.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1974.tb04411.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , head injury , mortality rate , optics , physics
An analysis is presented of 1,235 lesions requiring surgical treatment in 1,045 patients drawn from a series of approximately 11,000 admitted to hospital with head injuries in an II‐year period. Subdural hæmatomas were by far the most common lesions, outnumbering extradural hæmatomas by over three to one. Depressed fractures were the next most frequent lesions, with intracerebral heematomas and other lesions much less common. Incidences, pathology, mechanisms and causes, presentation and mortality rates are dissected, and some trends in type and severity of injury are discussed.