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Surgical Management of Head Injuries by Sumiethaa Shanmuganathan is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes the surgical management of various types of head injuries. It discusses closed and open skull fractures, skull base fractures, extradural and acute subdural hematomas, chronic subdural hematomas, traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral contusions, diffuse axonal injury, and arterial dissections. Urgent evacuation is often needed for expanding extracranial hematomas, while smaller bleeds may be managed conservatively with observation.
- Author
- Sumiethaa Shanmuganathan
- Language
- EN