Traumatic Brain Injury. Definition

What is understood by traumatic brain injury?

Traumatic brain injury includes injury to the bone of the skull and/or brain caused either by direct external impacts to the head or by sudden acceleration and deceleration of the head and cervical spine, e.g. during vehicle accidents. A basic distinction must be made between open-head and closed-head traumatic brain injury. In contrast to closed-head traumatic brain injury, an open-head traumatic brain injury includes not only injury to the bone in the skull, but also a tear in the outer layer of the meninges, the layer of connective tissue surrounding the brain. This results in contact between the inside of the skull and the external environment. This in turn means a high risk of infection, which is a potential and feared complication.

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