A Study of Head Traumatic Injuries Using Computed Tomography

Abstract

Head injuries continue to be enormous public health problem. Even with modern medicine, most patient have mild stages ,the remaining injures are divided equally between the moderate and severe. The objective of this research was to study the role of computed tomography in earliest and fastest diagnosis of head injuries, and to classify types of trauma based on the main cause of the traumatic brain injuries (TBI) as well as type of hemorrhage. The study was conducted in Khartoum state at Best Care hospital. A sample of 70 patients,( 64% males and 36% females ) were grouped according to age into 7 age groups were investigated using CT scanning to diagnose head injuries. The study showed that the most common cause of head trauma was Road traffic accident (RTA) (69 %) and the most common CT finding was fracture (57.1%) and the facial bone was most common type of fracture (25.7%) and of head traumatic hemorrhage were subdural hemorrhage and epidural hemorrhage (19%). and the most common age groups susceptible for head injuries were (20- 30) and (30-40). Finally CT is seem to be the diagnostic tool of choice in the diagnosis of traumatic head injuries compared with other imaging modalities because it is time saving and has high accuracy in detection of fracture and consequence hemorrhage. The study recommended that C.T scan machines should be available in emergency hospitals.