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Study of Patterns of Cranio-Cerebral Injuries in Deaths due to Fatal Vehicular Accidents


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1 Dept of Forensic Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Raichur, India
     

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In the present study 128 cases of head injury victims in fatal vehicular accidents autopsied are included. In vehicular accidents, among 128 cases studied who died due to fatal cranio-cerebral injuries, males were the commonest victims, 21-40 years was the common age group. Temporal and frontal bones were the commonest sites of fracture. Subdural hemorrhage was the commonest among the intracranial hemorrhages

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Cranio-cerebral, Injuries, Vehicular Accidents
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Devaraj Patil
Dept of Forensic Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Raichur, India

Abstract


In the present study 128 cases of head injury victims in fatal vehicular accidents autopsied are included. In vehicular accidents, among 128 cases studied who died due to fatal cranio-cerebral injuries, males were the commonest victims, 21-40 years was the common age group. Temporal and frontal bones were the commonest sites of fracture. Subdural hemorrhage was the commonest among the intracranial hemorrhages

Keywords


Cranio-cerebral, Injuries, Vehicular Accidents

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