title: [Features of cranio-cerebral trauma in victims of road accidents].
abstract: The paper deals with the specific features of brain injury (BI) in victims of road traffic accidents (RTA). RTA victims are most commonly pedestrians (62.6%) and less commonly drivers (17.5%). In over half the cases (62.6%), BI due to RTA is associated with extracranial lesions, leading to diagnostic problems. The pattern and site of lesions are related to the type of a transport vehicle and to the role of a victim as a traffic participant. Multiple extracranial lesions are mostly frequently encountered in victim pedestrians (30.3%), BI concurrent with chest damage is common in drivers (12.8%), BI concurrent with "whip" injury of the cervical spine is found in drivers and passengers though such combinations may also seen in pedestrians (1.5%--5 cases). The most severe form of brain compression is multifactorial compression (27.6%) and its most common form is compression with subdural hematoma (35.3%).
authors.forename: K Ia
authors.initials: KIa
authors.lastname: Ogleznev
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Stankevich
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Osobennosti cherpno-mozgovoĭ travmy u postradavshikh v rezul'tate dorozhno-transportnykh proisshestviĭ.