A Study of Complication of Head Injuries using Computerized Tomography scan

Abstract

The study was conducted in Military hospital (medical corps) in the ER hospital and Aliaa hospital in Omdurman city in 2018 with population sample of 70 patients. The data collected from Radiology Department of those hospitals by using a CT machine (TOSHIBA aqilion 64) and these datd collected according to data sheet involved and analysis by SPSS. The study focused on the complications of the head injuries by using CT due to increase of cars traffic movement and high way roads; the RTA increased and traumatic brain injuries increased which had high risk of death among population so it need accurate evaluation and the CT is the best accurate modalities to determined head injuries (both bony and soft tissue injuries). A descriptive study designed to study the role of CT scan in detection of complications in patient with head injuries and to correlate these CT findings to age and gender.The study main findings that fractures were most common abnormality of patients with head injuries 51.4%. And Road traffic accident (RTA) is the main cause of head injuries54.3%. And males have high ratio to head injuries compare with females74.3%to 25.7% and the most common group affected were (18-30). Finally, the study concluded that the CT is the best accurate modalities to determine head injuries (both bony and soft tissue injuries) and most of the head injuries were caused by RTA. The study concluded that there was relation between complications of head injury and age. The study recommended that educational programs exist to lower the number of crashes, a new technique must exist in cars that prevent head trauma to the people inside the cars which were (air bags) should be found in Sudan or as safety criteria of traffic policy, the government hospitals (especially in far states) should be provided by CT scanning machines and more researches should be done using large sample of patients for further assessment