J Korean Radiol Soc.  1971 Dec;7(1):19-24. 10.3348/jkrs.1971.7.1.19.

Roentgenological observation on head injury patient

• Chung WK
• Kim CN
• Song MK
• Yoo HJ

• KMID: 2345991
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1971.7.1.19

Abstract

During 3 years (1967-1970), we observed on simple skull radiograms of 1110 cases of head injury patients, some of cases was performed the pneumoencephalography, vertebral and carotid angiography after routine skull series,and compared with the operative findings of it. The results obtained were as follows; 1) Fractures of the skull vault were most frequent, facial bone fracture was next and the least was basilar fracture. 2) Among total skull fracture cases, intracranial complications were higher in frequency, epidural hematoma in total cases of head trauma was 2.9% and subdural hematoma was 2.8%. Without combined cranial fracture the cases of intracranial complication of 22% observed. In other complications, intracerebral hemorrhage of 4 cases, subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hygroma of 5 cases and etc. were observed. 3) Cerebral angiographic findings were agree with opeative findings in cases of 94%. 4) The fatal cases were 8.4% and combined cranial fracture of it was 86% including 82.5%of cranial valt fracture. The intracranial complications were 86.6% in fatal 52 cases proceed to angingraphy and subdural hematoma observed on cases of 24.7% of it.

Keyword

Brain, injuries; Cerebral angiography

MeSH Terms

Angiography
Cerebral Angiography
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Craniocerebral Trauma*
Facial Bones
Head*
Hematoma
Hematoma, Subdural
Humans
Pneumoencephalography
Skull
Skull Fractures
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Subdural Effusion