Our Experience on Temporal Bone Fractures: Retrospective Analysis of 141 Cases

Temporal bone fractures are a common lesion of the base of the skull. The diagnosis and management of temporal bone fractures require a multidisciplinary approach. Variable clinical presentations may arise from such fractures, ranging from an asymptomatic course to very serious consequences. The aim...

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Autores principales: Ricciardiello, Filippo, Mazzone, Salvatore, Longo, Giuseppe, Russo, Giuseppe, Piccirillo, Enrico, Sequino, Giuliano, Cavaliere, Michele, Accardo, Nunzio, Oliva, Flavia, Salomone, Pasquale, Perrella, Marco, Zeccolini, Fabio, Romano, Domenico, Di Maro, Flavia, Viola, Pasquale, Cifali, Rosario, Muto, Francesco, Galli, Jacopo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7827086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33429854
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10020201
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Sumario:Temporal bone fractures are a common lesion of the base of the skull. The diagnosis and management of temporal bone fractures require a multidisciplinary approach. Variable clinical presentations may arise from such fractures, ranging from an asymptomatic course to very serious consequences. The aim of this study was to report our experience with a series of patients with temporal bone fractures and to propose a diagnostic/therapeutic algorithm. This study enrolled 141 patients, 96 (68.1%) males and 45 (31.9%) females, ranging in age from 20 to 60 (average age: 39 ± 4.1 years), with temporal bone fractures who were referred to Cardarelli Hospital between 2006 and 2018. The present paper presents a classification of temporal bone fractures and typical clinical sequelae and provides an illustration of their prognosis and treatment.

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