Head injury in the severely injured: long-term follow-up in 157 patients.
Ninety-two patients with head injury in the context of multiple injury were followed up 5 years after injury. Severe disability in this group of patients was nearly always due to brain/spinal cord injury, rather than musculoskeletal injury. A substantial number of patients with mild or moderate head injuries had significant persisting disability 5 years after injury.
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Glasgow, Southern General Hospital, UK. ltdlx@udcf.gla.ac.uk
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