Skull Fracture, Depressed

Impressionsfraktur av skallben

Engelsk definition

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.

Svenska synonymer

Intryckt skallben Intryckning av benfragment i skallen

Engelska synonymer

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