Structured Summary
Abstract
A skull fracture characterized by inward depression of a fragment or section of cranial bone, often compressing the underlying dura mater and brain. Depressed cranial fractures which feature open skin wounds that communicate with skull fragments are referred to as compound depressed skull fractures.
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9 entry terms
- Skull Fracture, Depressed
- Depressed Skull Fractures
- Fracture, Depressed Skull
- Fractures, Depressed Skull
- Skull Fractures, Depressed
- Compound Depressed Skull Fracture
- Compound Depressed Skull Fractures
- Skull Fracture, Compound Depressed
- Skull Fractures, Compound Depressed
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate with specific bone in the skull /inj if pertinent
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History Note
2000
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Previous Indexing
- Brain Injuries (1965-1999)
- Skull Fractures (1965-1999)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Depressed Skull Fracture. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020204. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020204
- Depressed Skull Fracture. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54947033