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Descriptive Study of Skull Fracture and its Associated Features at Tertiary Care Hospital, Northern India
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Head injury is a morbid state and commonly results during the road traffic accident. Identification of studied pattern helps to understand the potential fatal head injury. Objective: to describe the nature and pattern of skull fractures among deceased due to injury at tertiary care hospital of North India. Study design: descriptive Study. Method and Procedures: Autopsy. Results: Head injury with skull fracture found to be associated with road traffic accident (92.8%) among total 87 deceased. The base skull fracture was common (44.0%), followed by base and vault (31.0%). The ratio of unilateral to bilateral involvement of skull vault in fracture was 2.40:1. Intracranial hemorrhage was the most frequent associated with the fracture. Conclusion: Most of the cases of head injury is due to vehicular accidents and proved to be fatal for life, the safety measures, for both the drivers and the passengers of the respective vehicles should be addressed.
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Head Injury, Skull Fracture, Hemorrhage
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