Diagnosis Important for the diagnosis are first of all the medical history and a possible course of the accident as well as the physical examination, whereby special attention is paid to external injuries, consciousness, pupil reaction and function of the brain nerves. Then a cranial computer tomogram (cCT) (CT of the head) is made, which … Diagnosis | Skull base fracture
Healing A skull base fracture is by no means a life-threatening injury in all cases, so that emergency intervention or intensive therapy is not always necessary. If, for example, there are only fine cracks in the base of the skull or if the individual, small fragments are not displaced in relation to each other, the … Healing | Skull base fracture
Consequences of a basal skull fracture The consequences of a skull base fracture depend largely on the possible concomitant injuries and (late) complications. An uncomplicated basal skull fracture without concomitant injuries or complications and without displaced fragments usually heals without consequences after a few days or weeks. The undesirable complications and consequences of a complicated … Consequences of a basal skull fracture | Skull base fracture
Complicated skull base fracture The situation is different for a complicated fracture, i.e. when the individual fragments are shifted against each other. Then an operation should be performed to bring the fragments back into their correct position and to stabilize them with plates, wires and/or screws if necessary. After the surgical procedure, patients must remain … Complicated skull base fracture | Skull base fracture
Skull base fracture in the child Craniocerebral trauma in children and toddlers – caused by e.g. falling from diaper-changing chests, falling down stairs or climbing frames – is unproblematic in most cases. In a few cases, however, serious injuries such as a fracture of the base of the skull can also occur in small children. … Skull base fracture in the child | Skull base fracture
Synonyms Basal skull fracture Cranial roof fractures (skull calotte fracture) Basal skull fractures (skull base fracture) Facial skull fractures The skull base is formed by parts of the frontal bone (Os frontale), sphenoid bone (Os sphenoidale), ethmoid bone (Os ethmoidale), occipital bone (Os occipitale) and temporal bone (Os temporale). The inner cranial base is divided … Skull base fracture
Prognosis The consequences of a skull base fracture depend on possible complications. The more of them occur, the worse the prognosis is. If there is no dislocation and the meninges remain intact (no liquor leakage), a basal skull fracture usually heals without permanent damage. A basal skull fracture can lead to consequences and complications if … Consequences of the basal skull fracture
If there is a basal skull fracture, this can manifest itself as so-called liquorrhoea. This is the discharge of cerebrospinal fluid (liquor) from the nose or ear when the injury creates an open connection to the liquor-filled meninges surrounding the brain. In frontobasal skull base fractures, the cerebrospinal fluid usually emerges from the nose, whereas … Symptoms of skull base fracture
