title: Five years' experience at a single centre of craniocerebral injury from winnowing fan blades.
abstract: India, an agriculture-based country, relies heavily on indigenous farm machinery. In our study we present 31 patients with winnowing fan blade head injury, operated on at our centre between 2004 and 2008. The mechanism and nature of the injuries, operative methods, outcome and methods of prevention are discussed with special reference to the occurrence of this type of injury in the pediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Lanka, Varanasi 221005, India. apoorvakumar80@gmail.com
authors.forename: Apoorva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Rajendra P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Virendra
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Keshri
authors.forename: Kulwant
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012621:Seasons; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D020204:Skull Fracture, Depressed / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed