Demographic Study of Fatal Craniocerebral Injuries in Road Traffic Accidents at Indore Region of Central India Pendro Tapan S1,*, Sharma Mahendra2, Singh Bajrang K3, Rastogi Ashok K4, Dadu Sanjay K5 1Assistant Professor, Dept. of FMT, MGM Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh (India) 2Demonstrator, Dept. of FMT, MGM Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh (India) 3Asso. Prof, Dept. of FMT, MGM Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh (India) 4Asst. Prof, Dept. of FMT, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar 5Dean GMC Khandwa & Prof & H.O.D, Dept. of FMT, MGM Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh (India) *Corresponding Author: Tapan S Pendro, Assistant Professor, Department of FMT, MGM Medical College, Indore-452001, Madhya Pradesh (India) E-mail: tapanpendro@gmail.com
Online published on 17 July, 2019. Abstract Road traffic accident is major burden of casualty in present scenario in this modern way of life and expanding vehicular load on the road make this problem more complicated. Road Traffic Accidents is still the major cause of death. Brain damage, as a result of head injury, constitutes a hidden epidemic and is a major problem worldwide including India. Injuries to the body intrinsically related to the impact velocity of the vehicle and the point of striking surface to the body and termination of its force. This prospective study has been conducted at mortuary of the department of forensic medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Indore, in the year 2016 to 2017 to study the pattern and distribution of Head Injuries of fatal road traffic accidents and to prepare the demographic profile. Study was conducted on total 215 cases of fatal head injuries due to road traffic accident. Number of male victims were 151 and female were 64 (male to female ratio was nearly 7: 3). Commonest age group affected was 21–30 years with 61 cases (28.37%). Among total victims, Hindus were 186 (86.5%) and rests were Muslims 19 (8.83%) and other religions. Total hospitalized cases were 174 (80.93%). Fatal skull fractures were found in 208 (96.74%), in which linear/fissure fracture were 143 (68.75%), which was most common. Most common bone fractured was parietal bone in 118 cases (54.88%). The commonest variety of intracranial hemorrhage was subdural hemorrhage in 131 cases (60.93%) and craniotomy was done in 22 (10.23%) cases. Top Keywords Road traffic accident, Fatal, Cranial cerebral injury, Fracture, Skull. Top |