Contrecoup Injury

An injury in which the damage is located on the opposite side of the primary impact site. A blow to the back of head which results in contrecoup injury to the frontal lobes of the brain is the most common type.

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Networked: 7 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Contusions
2.	Wounds and Injuries (Trauma)
3.	Hemorrhage
4.	Hematoma

Experts

1.	Chugh, Ashish: 1 article (01/2022)
2.	Gotecha, Sarang: 1 article (01/2022)
3.	Punia, Prashant: 1 article (01/2022)
4.	Behera, Bikash Ranjan: 1 article (10/2017)
5.	Benken, Scott T: 1 article (10/2017)
6.	Deo, Rama Chandra: 1 article (10/2017)
7.	Dhir, Manmath Kumar: 1 article (10/2017)
8.	Goncharenko, Alexandra: 1 article (10/2017)
9.	Mishra, Sudhansu Sekhar: 1 article (10/2017)
10.	Nath, Pratap Chandra: 1 article (10/2017)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Contrecoup Injury:

1.	Nylons (Nylon)IBA 07/01/1979 - "Three cases are presented which document the finding that 10-0 monofilament nylon suture may cut through corneal tissue after a coup or contrecoup injury to a recently operated eye. "
2.	Capsules (Microcapsules)IBA 05/01/2009 - "We propose that the anterior lens capsule may have been torn by direct contusion from rapid focal indentation of the cornea onto the lens (coup injury) or by a fluid-mechanical, anteriorly directed rebound of the vitreous, bursting open the anterior capsule (contrecoup injury)."
3.	AgarIBA 01/01/2007 - "The comparison of the computer simulation and the experimental results of the impacts showed that the negative pressure, which seemed to cause the contrecoup injury at the contrecoup side of a brain, also appeared in the contrecoup side of the brain agar phantom. "

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Sutures (Suture) 10/01/2017 - "However, in this case, diastasis of coronal suture due to transmitted force is the cause of accumulation of blood extradurally in relatively loosely adhered dura in fronto-temporal region where a potential negative pressure space is created by contrecoup injury." 01/01/2022 - "The authors present a case of EDH due to contrecoup injury in whom sutural diastases was noted and hematoma was seen to be crossing the adjacent suture. " 07/01/1979 - "Three cases are presented which document the finding that 10-0 monofilament nylon suture may cut through corneal tissue after a coup or contrecoup injury to a recently operated eye. "
2.	Traction 05/01/1993 - "Ophthalmic injuries appear to be primarily mediated through indirect injuries to neurovascular structures occurring from traction, compression, or contrecoup injuries from forces transmitted during the pterygomaxillary dysjunction using an osteotome or from fractures extending to the base of the skull or orbit associated with the pterygomaxillary dysjunction or the maxillary downfracture. "
3.	Artificial Respiration (Mechanical Ventilation) 10/01/2017 - "A 27-year-old female presented for neurosurgical management of a coup contrecoup injury, left temporal fracture, epidural hemorrhage (EDH), and temporal contusion leading to sustained mechanical ventilation. "