Fazal Ghani, Muhammad Siddiq, Muhammad Idrees.
Frequency of Extradual Hematoma among patients Presenting with Traumatic Brain Injury with Skull Fracture.
J Med Sci Jan ;26(3):242-5.

Objective: To determine the frequency of extradural hematoma among patients presenting with traumatic brain injury(TBI) with skull fracture. Material and Methods: This study was conducted at Neurosurgery Department, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan. Descriptive cross-sectional study carried out from May 2015 to May 2017 in which a total of 370 patients were included. All patients of TBI having linear skull fracture on skull X ray or CT brain were included and those with bleeding disorder or on anticoagulant were excluded. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results: The study revealed that mean age was 31 years having SD of +/- 2.71. Male patients were 75% and female were 25%. Mean GCS was 11 with SD +/- 3.34. 55% patients had parietotemporal bone fracture.25% patients had temporal bone fracture. 15% patients had frontal bone fracture and 5% patient had occipital bone fracture. Moreover, the incidence of extradural hematoma was found to be 9%. Conclusion: Our study concludes that Extradural hematoma was most common in parietotemporal and temporal site of skull fracture.

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