Injury | Number | Percentage | Injury | Number | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penetrating injury | 178 | 91.3 | Injured hemispherea | ||
Type of injury | Right lobes | 112 | 57.4 | ||
Metal foreign body | 124 | 63.6 | Left lobes | 107 | 54.9 |
Intracerebral hemorrhage | 67 | 34.4 | Crossing midline | 36 | 18.5 |
Loss of brain material | 43 | 22.1 | Other injuries | ||
Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 32 | 16.4 | Vault skull fracture | 156 | 80 |
Bony foreign body | 29 | 14.9 | Basilar skull fracture | 19 | 9.7 |
Subdural hemorrhage | 27 | 13.8 | CSF leakage | 15 | 7.7 |
Cerebral contusion | 23 | 11.8 | Cranial nerves | 12 | 6.2 |
Intraventricular hemorrhage | 16 | 8.2 | Pneumocephalus | 10 | 5.1 |
Epidural hemorrhage | 2 | 1.0 | Vertebral fracture | 6 | 3.1 |
Other injuries | 10 | 5.1 | Count of body parts injuredb | ||
Site of Injurya | One | 147 | 75.4 | ||
Left parietal lobe | 56 | 28.7 | Two | 36 | 18.5 |
Right parietal lobe | 48 | 24.6 | Three | 9 | 4.6 |
Right frontal lobe | 48 | 24.6 | Four | 3 | 1.5 |
Left frontal lobe | 42 | 21.5 | The most severe head injuryb | ||
Right temporal lobe | 41 | 21.0 | Minor (1) | 2 | 1.0 |
Right occipital lobe | 31 | 15.9 | Moderate (2) | 16 | 8.2 |
Left temporal lobe | 27 | 13.8 | Serious (3) | 70 | 35.9 |
Left occipital lobe | 25 | 12.8 | Severe (4) | 67 | 34.4 |
Brainstem | 3 | 1.5 | Critical (5) | 39 | 20.0 |
Incompatible with life (6) | 1 | 0.5 |