Salman Raza, Yasir Shahzad, Shafiq-ur Rahman, Ali Tassadaq, Nadeem Akhtar.
Pattern of Head Injury and Associated Injuries in the patients Presenting to Neurosurgical Emergency.
J Rawal Med Uni Jan ;22(2):120-3.

Background: To assess the pattern of head injury and associated injuries along with head injury presenting to neurosurgical emergency after sustaining injuries by different modes. Methods: In this observational study, nonprobability consecutive sampling was used. Patients were recruited who were having head injury with or without any associated bodily injury. There was no compulsion for age and gender Results :Majority of the patients were male (81.28%) with 48% aged between 20-49 years. Road traffic accident (66.89%) was the commonest mode of injury. Associated injuries were found in 39.7%. Maxillo-facial injury ( 17.3%), long bone injury (17.8%) and spinal trauma (5.8%) were the commonest associated injuries.Normal brain CT scan was seen in 28.6% Conclusion: Head injury is frequently associated with injuries to other parts of body .That is why other bodily injuries should be taken into consideration while dealing with head injury.

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