Preferred Label : skull fracture, depressed;

MeSH 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.;

MeSH synonym : depressed skull fractures; fractures, depressed skull; depressed skull fracture; fracture, depressed skull; skull fractures, depressed;

MeSH hyponym : skull fracture, compound depressed; Compound Depressed Skull Fractures; Skull Fractures, Compound Depressed; Compound Depressed Skull Fracture;

MeSH annotation : coord (IM) with specific bone in the skull/inj (IM) if pertinent; coordinate with specific bone in the skull /inj if pertinent;

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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.

https://neuro-dev.unilim.fr/spip.php?article1522
2021
France
educational course
wounds and injuries
wounds
brain, nos
cerebrum
depressed fracture
skull fracture, depressed

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