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Brain Injuries

Background

Brain injuries can be caused by injury to the head or face. Injuries to the head can cause fractures (broken bones), scalp injuries, facial injuries, eye injuries and ear injuries. Such injuries would be dealt with by the appropriate specialist doctors. Most head injuries are dealt with by doctors who have other interests than neurosurgery but who are able to deal with the common head-injured patient who does not require specialist neurosurgical service.

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Medical text written October 2002 by Mr N Buxton. Last updated June 2007 by Mr N Buxton, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK. Non-traumatic brain injury text written October 2003 by Dr R Appleton, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

 

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