In this study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between skull fractures and intracranial lesions following head injury. For this purpose, 500 cases, which were referred to the Third Committee of Council of Forensic Medicine in Istanbul due to traffic accidents by the courts of laws between 1998 and 2000, were examined retrospectively. They were categorized in 3 groups based on findi...

Animal bites are extremely common in the United States and their incidence is increasing [1-5]. Dog bites are most common, usually producing variable flesh wounds without bony injury. Reports of fractures from bites are difficult to find. However, canine bites present a special hazard to the infant skull which is relatively thin and incompletely mineral ized . One compound depressed skull fract...

Gunga, aped 5 rears, a Hindoo girl, was admitted into Dr. Fayrer's ward of the Medical College Hospital on the Stli September, 1866, with fracture ofthe skull, produced by a fall from a two-storied liouseon to the pavement of the public road. The external wound wasof a semi-circular shape, abouttwo inches lonir, situated on the forehead, in the median line. The bone beneath was fractured, and t...

present day regard the recommendations of Astley C!ooper, Abernethy and Dupuytren for 11011-interference in a case of simple depressed fracture of the skull without cerebral compression, it must surely be accepted as an axiom in modern surgery that wherever symptoms of such compression are present, it is absolutely imperative to make a free incision in order to allow of an examination of the st...

opposed to playing golf properly. It is not a dangerous sport if played properly. However, in the hands of children playing unsupervised, golf clubs are potentially lethal weapons. We recommend that children are supervised at all times when playing with golf clubs and that this should be done on a golf course. I Lintdsav KW, MIcClatchic (G, Jcnnett B. Serious head injury in sport. B.MJ 1980;281...

OBJECTIVE The importance of traumatic dural venous sinus injury lies in the probability of massive blood loss at the time of trauma or emergency operation resulting in a high mortality rate during the perioperative period. We considered the appropriate methods of treatment that are most essential in the overall management of traumatic dural venous sinus injuries. METHODS We conducted a retros...

This report describes a case of delayed glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve paralysis following a closed head injury. A depressed fracture of the occipital condyle was diagnosed using high-resolution computerized tomography (CT) scanning and three-dimensional CT images. Magnetic resonance imaging complemented the study. The anatomical features, mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of this unusual ...