Severe Head Injuries in Children

hE subject of craniocerebral injuries in JL HE t children is becoming increasingly important, due to the number of traffic accidents even in very young children.1-4 But there are few papers on late prognosis of severe head injuries in childhood, though there seems to be a significant difference from the results seen in adults. The number of fairly long-term follow ups children is also rather smaI1.9,1° tlTe have therefore reviewed our cases of head injury in children up to the age of 16 years over a ten-

[1]  F. Richardson.  Some Effects of Severe Head Injury , 1963, Developmental medicine and child neurology.

[2]  B. Hjern,et al.  Late Prognosis of Severe Head Injuries in Childhood* , 1962, Archives of disease in childhood.

[3]  Rickham Pp.  Head injuries in childhood. , 1961 .

[4]  J. Burkinshaw.  Head Injuries in Children , 1960, Archives of disease in childhood.

[5]  H. Pia.  Die Heilungsaussichten der kindlichen Schädeldachbrüche , 1953 .

[6]  B. Woodhall.  HEAD INJURIES IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD , 1949, Southern medical journal.