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Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery

Table 2 Trauma and associated injuries

From: Primary cranioplasty for calvarial compound depressed fractures; 2 centers experience

Mode of trauma

No. of patients

% total

DHT

45

62.5

MVA

21

29.2

FFH

6

8.3

Associated injury

 Contusion

24

33.3

 EDH

12

16

 SSS injury

3

4.2

 SDH

1

1.4

 SAH

3

4.5

 Dural tear

37

51.4

  1. DHT: Direct head trauma, RTA: Road traffic accident, FFH: Fall from height, EDH: Extradural hematoma, SSS: Superior sagittal sinus, SDH: Subdural hematoma, SAH: Subarachnoid hemorrhage
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