Celebral Contusions, Lacerations and Hematomas

Biomechanics of Brain Injuries.- Basic Injury Mechanics.- Specific Brain Injury Mechanisms.- Primary Injuries.- Aspects of Injury Reduction.- References.- Cerebral Hemispheric Contusions and Lacerations.- Contusions.- Lacerations.- Late Lesionai Effects of Brain Lacerations.- Summary.- References.- Diffuse Brain Injury and Brainstem Dysfunction.- Experimental Confirmation of Diffuse Brain Injury.- Types of Diffuse Brain Injury.- Clinical Aspects of Diffuse Brain Injury.- Diagnostic Criteria.- Primary Brainstem Injury.- References.- Cerebral Contusions and Lacerations. A Clinical Study.- Symptomatology.- Clinical Synthesis.- References.- Traumatic Brain Swelling and Brain Edema.- Diagnosis and Pathogenesis.- Frequency and Temporal Development.- Intracranial Pressure.- Management.- Outcome.- References.- Posttraumatic Intracerebral Hematomas.- Definition.- Incidence.- Etiology and Pathogenetic Mechanism.- Biomechanics.- Location.- Clinical Manifestations.- Localizing Signs.- Differential Diagnosis.- Intracerebral Hematomas Concerning Their Appearance in Time.- Intracerebral Bleeding in Children.- Paraclinical Investigations.- Treatment.- How to Do It.- References.- Posttraumatic Cerebellar Contusions and Hematomas.- Cerebellar Contusions.- Posterior Fossa Hematomas.- Depressed Fractures.- How to Do It.- References.- Early Dynamic Evolution of Cerebral Contusions and Lacerations. Clinical and Radiological Findings.- Definition.- Radiological Findings.- Correlation of Clinical Manifestation and CT-findings.- Enlargement of Contusions on Repeat Scan.- Dynamics of Cerebral Contusions.- Intracerebral Hematoma.- Treatment.- Prognosis.- Summary.- References.- Evoked Potentials in Head Injury.- Anatomical and Neurophysiological Considerations.- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials.- Visual Evoked Response.- Auditory Evoked Responses.- Prognostic Value of Evoked Potentials in Severe Head Injury.- Auditory Evoked Responses in Non-severe Head Injury.- Brain Death.- Reliability of Evoked Potentials.- How to Do It.- References.