Penetrating craniocerebral injuries in a civilian population in mid-Europe

Our current neurosurgical understanding of civilian penetrating craniocerebral injuries is based on US metropolitan series. It is unknown whether all principles applied to these patients are relevant in the Mid-European setting with its distinct epidemiology. The objective of this study was to chara...

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Published in:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 1999-09, Vol.101 (3), p.175-181
Main Authors: Vajkoczy, Peter, Schürer, Ludwig, Münch, Elke, Schmiedek, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Epidemiology
Female
Germany - epidemiology
Glasgow Coma Scale
Gunshot wound
Head Injuries, Penetrating - diagnostic imaging
Head Injuries, Penetrating - epidemiology
Head Injuries, Penetrating - mortality
Head Injuries, Penetrating - therapy
Head injury
Humans
Incidence
Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Outcome
Population Surveillance
Prognosis
Radiography
Survival Rate
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Treatment Outcome
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Our current neurosurgical understanding of civilian penetrating craniocerebral injuries is based on US metropolitan series. It is unknown whether all principles applied to these patients are relevant in the Mid-European setting with its distinct epidemiology. The objective of this study was to characterize our patients with penetrating craniocerebral injuries, to analyze their outcome, and to identify relevant prognostic factors. Thirty-two patients with penetrating craniocerebral injuries were entered into the study. Patient evaluation comprised neurological, laboratory and radiographic analyses. Motivating factors were suicide (75%), assault (13%), and accident (9%). Initial GCS score, coagulopathy on admission, and radiographic extent of injury could be identified as outcome predictors ( P
ISSN:0303-8467
1872-6968
DOI:10.1016/S0303-8467(99)00033-5