Skull Fracture, Depressed
"Skull Fracture, Depressed" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A skull fracture characterized by inward depression of a fragment or section of cranial bone, often compressing the underlying dura mater and brain. Depressed cranial fractures which feature open skin wounds that communicate with skull fragments are referred to as compound depressed skull fractures.
MeSH Number(s)
C10.900.300.918.300
C26.260.836.300
C26.404.750.890
C26.915.300.745.350
Concept/Terms
Skull Fracture, Depressed- Skull Fracture, Depressed
- Depressed Skull Fracture
- Depressed Skull Fractures
- Fracture, Depressed Skull
- Fractures, Depressed Skull
- Skull Fractures, Depressed
Skull Fracture, Compound Depressed- Skull Fracture, Compound Depressed
- Compound Depressed Skull Fractures
- Skull Fractures, Compound Depressed
- Compound Depressed Skull Fracture
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Skull Fracture, Depressed" by people in Profiles.
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Prehospital Conditions and Outcomes After Craniotomy for Traumatic Brain Injury Performed Within 72 Hours in Central Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study. World Neurosurg. 2020 10; 142:e238-e244.
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Unusual Resolution of a depressed skull fracture following repeat head trauma: the two-hit hypothesis? Pediatr Neurosurg. 2011; 47(3):230-2.
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The "swing-ding": a golf-related head injury in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Jan; 7(1):111-5.
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Isolated intracranial hypertension as a late manifestation of sinus venous compression secondary to a depressed skull fracture. J Child Neurol. 2007 Mar; 22(3):344-7.