Open AccessCompound elevated skull fracture presented as a new variety of fracture with inimitable entity: Single institution experience of 10 cases
Author(s) -
Ashok Kumar,
Vivek Kumar Kankane,
Gaurav Jaiswal,
Pawan Kumar,
Tarun Gupta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_153_18
Subject(s) - medicine , craniotomy , pneumocephalus , surgery , skull fracture , glasgow outcome scale , neurosurgery , skull , head injury , presentation (obstetrics) , reduction (mathematics) , hematoma , glasgow coma scale , complication , geometry , mathematics
Compound elevated Skull fracture (CESF) is a rare variety of fracture with rare presentation in comparison to other type of skull fracture. The mechanical force being applied is tangential causing high impact over skull as comparison to structure underlying the cranium.