Issue release date: 18.03.2025
Turkish Neurosurgery
2000 , Vol 10 , Num 3-4
1Gazi University Medical School, Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology, Beşevler
2Fatih University Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Emek-Ankara, Turkey A major retrospective study of head injury was done on patients admitted over a 13-year period whose clinical records were complete. A total of 583 computerized tomography seans were evaluated, and these indicated that 9 patients had asymmetric skull conformation. Six of these nine were cases of surgical intracranial hemorrhage, all incidence significantly higher than that in the general population. Keywords : Head injury, outcome, risk factor, skull asymmetry
Corresponding author : İ.semih Keskil, sk06-k@tr-net.neLtr
2Fatih University Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Emek-Ankara, Turkey A major retrospective study of head injury was done on patients admitted over a 13-year period whose clinical records were complete. A total of 583 computerized tomography seans were evaluated, and these indicated that 9 patients had asymmetric skull conformation. Six of these nine were cases of surgical intracranial hemorrhage, all incidence significantly higher than that in the general population. Keywords : Head injury, outcome, risk factor, skull asymmetry