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Volume 4 Issue 2 (March - April, 2016)

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Outcome of Traumatic Head injury Cases- A CT Scan Study
Mratunjay Sharma

Background: Head injury is any trauma to the scalp, skull, and brain. The present study assessed patients of head injury with CT scan. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 104 cases of head injury of both genders. In all patients CT scan was taken. All CT images were read by trained radiologist for the presence and absence of brain abnormalities. Results: Out of 104 cases, males were 64 and females were 40. Age group 10-20 years had 2, 20-30 years had 50, 30-40 years had 45, 40-50 years had 3 and 50-60 years had 2 cases. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). The outcome of head injuries were brain swelling seen in 26, localized brain edema in 20, epidural hematoma in 4, sub arachnoid hemorrhage in 15, subdural hematoma in 22, intra cerebral hematoma in 10, intra ventricular hematoma in 2, brain contusion in 4 and pneumocephalous in 1. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that maximum cases were seen in males and age group 20-30 years had maximum cases of head injury of brain swelling. Key words: Brain swelling, CT scan, Trauma

 
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