A study of temporal bone fractures

作者：Gupta Nitin; Varshney Saurabh^*; Bist S S; Bhatia Rajat

来源：Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 2008, 60(3): 223-226.

DOI：10.1007/s12070-008-0082-1

• Temporal bone
• Facial nerve palsy
• CSF otorrhoea

Many young adults are now killed and injured in accidents than from another causes. More than 75% of these injuries are to the head, and the ear being the most frequently injured sensory organ of the body. Temporal bone or basilar skull fractures are extremely common in any head injury. Injuries to the temporal bone may be considered in three groups: Those affecting the external auditory meatus (extralabyranthine fractures), those largely affecting middle ear cleft (tympanolabyranthine) and those affecting the internal ear (labyrinthine fractures). Many injuries, however, involve all these structures. The sudden onset of facial paralysis, vertigo and hearing impairment after a head injury is a matter of great concern for the patients and clinicians. Presence of cerebrospinal fluid leak (CSF Otorrhoea) can be a challenge for both the neurosurgeons and otologists. We hereby present 86 patients of temporal bone fractures who presented in the departments of emergency, Neurosurgery or ENT of Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun during last 10 years (1996-2006).

• 出版日期2008-9
• 单位河北医科大学