1. Contrecoup injury in patients with traumatic temporal bone fracture.
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Asha'Ari, Z A, Ahmad, R, Rahman, J, Kamarudin, N, and Wan Ishlah, L
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TEMPORAL bone , *BRAIN concussion , *BRAIN injuries , *CHI-squared test , *LONGITUDINAL method , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging , *SKULL fractures , *TOMOGRAPHY , *HEAD injuries , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *WOUNDS & injuries - Abstract
Objective:To study the prevalence and patterns of contrecoup injury in traumatic temporal bone fracture cases.Method:A prospective, cohort study was undertaken of all patients with traumatic head injury admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in Malaysia within an 18-month period. High resolution computed tomography scans of the brain and skull base were performed in indicated cases, based on clinical findings and Glasgow coma score. Patients with a one-sided temporal bone fracture were selected and subsequent magnetic resonance imaging performed in all cases. Contrecoup injury incidence, type, severity and outcome were recorded.Results:Of 1579 head injury cases, 81 (5.1 per cent) met the inclusion criteria and were enrolled in the study. Temporal bone fractures were significantly associated with intracranial injuries (p < 0.001). The incidence of a contrecoup injury in cases with temporal bone fracture was 13.6 per cent. Contrecoup injury was significantly associated with petrous temporal bone fracture (p < 0.01). The commonest contrecoup injury was cerebral contusion, followed by extradural haematoma and subdural haematoma.Conclusion:Contrecoup injury is not uncommon in cases of temporal bone fracture, and is significantly associated with petrous temporal bone fracture. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2011
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