Children with isolated linear skull fractures from minor blunt head trauma are at low risk for clinical deterioration and need for neurosurgical intervention if neurological assessment is normal, a ...

A calvarial fracture means that a break in the skull has occurred. Your doctor can use imagery like CT and MRI scans, along with neurological testing, to determine how extensive the injury is. Share ...

Skull fractures are exactly what they sound like — a break in the skull bone. There are four types of skull fractures. A linear skull fracture is the most common and it's a break in the bone but the ...

We appreciate Gravel and colleagues’ efforts to develop a clinical decision rule that successfully identifies skull fractures among young children with mild head trauma and no indication for head ...

Early humans suffered frequent head injuries but often lived long enough for those injuries to heal. That’s the result of a study that analyzed twenty 350,000-year-old skulls from a cave in Spain. The ...

What is a head injury? The first thing you need to know is what exactly is a head injury. Head injuries can range in severity, according to Johns Hopkins. It can be something as simple as a bump or ...