PATTERNS OF HEAD INJURIES IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN KAMRUP DISTICT-AN AUTOPSY STUDY

Dr. Partha pratim Das; Dr Renuka Rongpharpi; Dr Bidyut Dutta

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

PATTERNS OF HEAD INJURIES IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN KAMRUP DISTICT-AN AUTOPSY STUDY

Dr. Partha Pratim Das, Dr Renuka Rongpharpi, Dr Bidyut Dutta

Abstract :

Head injuries leads to serious morbidity and often mortality. The objective of this study is to find out age, sex, treated and untreated and time interval of accidents. This study was conducted in Gauhati Medical College and Hospital department of Forensic Medicine,l mortuary, for a period of 1 year from 1st January to 31 December 2016. A total number of 328 cases were studied. Vehicular accidents were more common in the younger age groups and in male sex. Head injury was the major cause of death in majority cases of road accidents. Linear fracture was the commonest fracture encountered in our study, 89 (27.13%) cases. Maximum number 202 (61.59%) cases presented with no skull injury. We observed only subdural haemorrhage (SDH) in 75 (22.87%) cases, the commonest type. 72.56% cases show no injury other than head injury. So to sum up we need to wear helmets, wear seat belts and follow traffic rules, government should strengthen the roads and the laws and companies should make safer vehicles.