Citation

Harsh V, Vohra V, Kumar P, Kumar J, Sahay CB, Kumar A. Asian J. Neurosurg. 2019; 14(1): 237-239.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/ajns.AJNS_242_17

PMID

30937043

PMCID

PMC6417337

Abstract

Elevated skull fractures form a rare subset of compound skull fractures owing to the paucity of cases studied and reported. In this article, we present 17 cases of elevated skull fracture in a mixed population of adult and pediatric age groups which were operated over a period of 5 years (2012-2017) at our institute. We have discussed the mode of injury, clinical presentation, clinicoradiological findings, and treatment options highlighting the appropriate management strategies opted. Although elevated fractures are rare; issuing definite treatment protocol can reduce the morbidity and mortality of the patients.

Language: en

Keywords

Elevated skull fracture; head injury; skull fracture