title: [Basilar skull fractures: clinical and prognostic aspects].
abstract: The incidence of basilar skull fractures and their clinical and prognostic aspects were studied in victims with varying severity of brain injury. Of 947 cases, 449 (46%) patients were diagnosed as having basilar skull fracture and 181 (18.6%) had basal spinal fluid leakage. The frequency of fractures and basal spinal fluid leakage increased in proportion to the severity of brain injury. The above 14-day history of spinal fluid leakage was an absolute indication for surgical fistula closure.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Potapov
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Gavrilov
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kravchuk
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Likhterman
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Kornienko
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Arutiunov
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Gaĭtur
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Fomichev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020205:Skull Fracture, Basilar / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery