[Disability evaluation of 204 cases of children with brain injury in road traffic accidents].
OBJECTIVE
To study the types, characteristics and common complications as well as disability assessment for the children with craniocerebral injury in the road traffic accidents.


METHODS
Data from 204 cases of children with cranio-injury in road traffic accidents were collected and were statistically analyzed according to the location injured, complication, the type of complication and the severity of disability.


RESULTS
There were 64 cases of simple diffuse primary craniocerebral injury, 80 cases of simple local primary cranio-injury, 24 cases of diffuse secondary craniocerebral injury and 36 cases of local secondary cranio-injury. The main complications included traumatic epilepsy (14, 6.9%), traumatic cerebral infarction (9, 4.4%), traumatic hydrocephalus (7, 3.4%) and traumatic mental disorder (5, 2.5%).


CONCLUSIONS
Among the children with cranio-injury due to road traffic accidents, simple primary cranio-injury was the most common result, whereas the traumatic epilepsy and traumatic cerebral infarction were the major types of complications. The assessment criteria for body impairment of the children with craniocerebral injury in the road traffic accidents should be broadened accordingly, with addition of certain specific items for children.
Traffic Administration Bureau, Chengdu Public Security Bureau, Chengdu 610072, China. kuanlin_liu@hotmail.com
Kuan-lin
KL
Liu
Xian-guo
XG
Zhang
Bin
B
Kong
Si-xing
SX
Huang
D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies