Investigation forensic of the brain injury in the road traffic accidents
- VernacularTitle:道路交通事故颅脑损伤的法医学鉴定
- Author:
Lingli ZHANG
;
Xiaorui CHEN
;
Xiaohong ZHAO
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Forensic pathlogy;
Road traffic injury;
Cranio-cerebral injury;
Forensic investigation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Forensic Medicine
2002;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the type, characteristics, common complications of the cranio-cerebral injury and assessment for the body impairment in victims involved in road traffic accidents. Method Data from 862 cases with cranio-cerebral injury in road traffic accidents were collected and were statistically analyzed according to injured body part, complication, the type of complications and the severity of injury. Results Compound cranio-cerebral injuries were sustained in 276 cases, brain contusion in 192 cases, skull fracture in 79 cases, intracranial hemorrhage in 91 cases, and scalp injury in 224 cases. The chief complications were identified as hydrocephalus (19,2.20%), epilepsy (l6,1.86%), hemiplegia (14, 1.62%), decerebrate cortical syndrome (12,1.39%). Conclusion Among the cranio-cerebral injuries sustained in the road traffic accidents, compound injury was the commonest insult, in which serious cerebral contusion was the major type of injury. The complications following cranio-cerebral injury should be diagnosed strictly according to the diagnostic standard and identification time, which should be differentiated from the other related diseases.
