The diagnosis and treatment of open craniocerebral trauma
Riabukha, N.P.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 148(2): 197-202
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 8594726 Document Number: 403418
An analysis of findings of complex clinical examinations and treatment of 46 patients with open cranio-cerebral traumas was made. Specific features of clinical manifestations are shown which are substantially different from closed cranio-cerebral traumas. They are primary infection of the cranio-cerebral wound, haemorrhage, liquorrhea, foreign bodies in the cranial cavity. Curative measures for the first aid, indications and contraindications for early surgical treatment, its technique are elucidated.