1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Chintpurni Medical College and Hospital, Pathankot, Punjab, India
2Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Santosh Medical College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
4Professor and Head, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
5Professor and Head, Department of Radio-diagnosis, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
Online published on 23 July, 2013.
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.
To describe the nature and pattern of skull fractures among deceased due to injury at tertiary care hospital of North India.
descriptive Study.
Autopsy.
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.
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.
Head Injury, Skull Fracture, Hemorrhage
