A study of pattern of skull fractures in head injuries-a retrospective study of autopsies conducted at RIMS, Raichur

Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Forensic Medicine - Year 2019, Vol 10, Issue 2

Abstract

Regional injuries consist of injuries sustained to various anatomical regions of the body. Amongst regional, injury to head is more common as head being most exposed part and prominent part of body. As defined by National Advisory Neurological Disorder and Stroke council head injury is a "a morbid state resulting from gross and subtle changes in the scalp, skull and/or the contents of the skull, produced by mechanical force".1 Commonly head injuries are observed in road traffic accidents, work place accidents, and criminal violence. Skull fractures offer varying degree of medico-legal and diagnostic problem to autopsy surgeons and clinicians. Most of the skull fractures are associated with varying degree of intracranial hemorrhages, skeletal injuries. In our study, among the skull fractures, fissure fracture was commonest type encountered. In our study, over a period of 6 months i.e January 2018 to June 2018 we had done 190 autopsy examinations of different types of cases, out which 74 cases (38.94%) showed skull fractures which is significant number. Among 74 cases of skull fractures, road traffic accidents with 51 cases were the major contributor.

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Praveen Kumar, Abhinandana R, Ravi Shankar MG, Suarj .

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  • EP ID EP614885
  • DOI 10.26611/10181021
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Praveen Kumar, Abhinandana R, Ravi Shankar MG, Suarj . (2019). A study of pattern of skull fractures in head injuries-a retrospective study of autopsies conducted at RIMS, Raichur. Medpulse International Journal of Forensic Medicine, 10(2), 6-9. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-614885