DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2018.4.4.3

Pages: 72-74

In a rapidly developing country like India, road transportation is massively increasing due to urbanization and industrialization. As a result, head injuries due to road traffic accidents (RTA) have become a daily occurrence taking an increased toll on human lives and limbs. Most of these patients are in their prime age (2nd and 3rd decade of life) and therefore have a direct social and economic effect besides the emotional burden of suffering a lifelong debilitating loss of function. It was prospective hospital based observational study. In the present study 100 cases of Head Injury were studied who were admitted under General Surgery with two years duration. Out of 100 Patients of present study 93 patients managed Conservative and 6 were death and 87 recovered and 07 patients where under gon Neurosurgical Intervention, 4 were dead and 3 recovred. In all Head Injury patients commonest presenting symptoms was unconsciousness found in 47% (47) cases followed by Vomiting 43% (43) cases and ENT bleed in 38% (38) cases. Other complaints were convulsion 8% (8) cases.