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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2019; 14(01): 237-239
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_242_17
Case Report

Elevated skull fractures - Too rare to care for, yet too common to ignore

Viraat Harsh  
Department of Neurosurgery, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand
,
Vanya Vohra  
Department of Neurosurgery, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand
,
Prashant Kumar
Department of Neurosurgery, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand
,
Jayendra Kumar
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Narayanan Medical College and Hospital, Sasaram, Bihar
,
Chandra Sahay
Department of Neurosurgery, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand
,
Anil Kumar
Department of Neurosurgery, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand
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Elevated skull fractures form a rare subset of compound skull fractures owing to the paucity of cases studied and reported. In this article, we present 17 cases of elevated skull fracture in a mixed population of adult and pediatric age groups which were operated over a period of 5 years (2012–2017) at our institute. We have discussed the mode of injury, clinical presentation, clinicoradiological findings, and treatment options highlighting the appropriate management strategies opted. Although elevated fractures are rare; issuing definite treatment protocol can reduce the morbidity and mortality of the patients.

Key-words:

Elevated skull fracture - head injury - skull fracture

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09 September 2022

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