title: [Pediatric head injuries. Observations in pediatric surgery. 1,019 cases (author's transl)].
abstract: For 5 years, 1,019 children with head injury have been admitted in pediatric surgery. More often the patient is a boy one to five years old. 8.9 p. cent of the children had one or more other body injury. A skull fracture was found in 23 p. cent of the cases without influence on the evolutivity but a repeated clinical examination is necessary. For all head injuries an E.E.G. study is necessary. In 93.5 p. cent of the children the clinical findings allowed to said that head injury was "benign".
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital
vernacular_title: Traumatismes crâniens de l'enfant. Expérience d'un service de chirurgie infantile. A propos de 1019 cas.