Depressed Skull Fracture

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.

Also Known As:

Skull Fracture, Depressed; Compound Depressed Skull Fracture; Compound Depressed Skull Fractures; Skull Fractures, Compound Depressed; Depressed Skull Fractures; Fracture, Depressed Skull; Fractures, Depressed Skull; Skull Fractures, Depressed; Skull Fracture, Compound Depressed

Nervous System Diseases: 14178
- Nervous System Trauma: 291
  - Craniocerebral Trauma: 6385
    - Skull Fractures: 288
      - Depressed Skull Fracture: 72
Wounds and Injuries: 176426
- Bone Fractures: 3857
  - Skull Fractures: 288
    - Depressed Skull Fracture: 72
- Nervous System Trauma: 291
  - Craniocerebral Trauma: 6385
    - Skull Fractures: 288
      - Depressed Skull Fracture: 72

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