Saratov JOURNAL of Medical and Scientific Research

Social and Epidemiological Aspects of Cranioce-rebral Trauma

Year: 2012, volume 8 Issue: №3 Pages: 777-785
Heading: Neurology Article type: Review
Authors: Ovsyannikov D.M.; Chekhonatsky А.А.; Kolesov V.N.; Bubashvili A.I.
Organization: Saratov State Medical University
Summary:

The review points out that craniocerebral trauma is one of the most current problems in medicine, reasoned for its occurrence, high level of temporary disability, patients' incapacity, and considerable death-rate. Therefore, study of different aspects of craniocerebral trauma has not only medical but also social-economic significance. The authors mark that prevalence frequency of craniocerebral trauma can vary in regions of our state and abroad, it depends on a great number of factors — age, time of a day, trauma's mechanisms. Research of craniocerebral trauma epidemiology is a necessary basis for organization of rational aid for suffered and adequate measures development for primary and second prophylaxis of central nervous system disorders.

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