Table 4 Nature of Head Injury
From: The profile of head injuries and traumatic brain injury deaths in Kashmir
| Nature of Injury | No. of patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Scalp Laceration | 221 | 40.4 |
| Commuted fracture of skull | 32 | 5.9 |
| Depressed fracture of skull | 16 | 3.0 |
| SDH | 23 | 4.2 |
| EDH | 18 | 3.2 |
| Brain Contusions | 48 | 8.8 |
| SAH | 2 | 0.3 |
| ICH | 2 | 0.3 |
| Brain edema | 7 | 1.3 |
| No external/internal injury | 103 | 18.9 |
| Multiple aerocele | 5 | 0.9 |
| Cephalohaematoma | 34 | 6.2 |
| Both | 36 | 6.6 |
| Associated Injuries | 46 | |
| Chest injury | 09 | |
| Abdominal injury | 10 | |
| Skeletal Injury | 27 |