Celebral Contusions, Lacerations and Hematomas [Paperback]

Biomechanics of Brain Injuries.- Basic Injury Mechanics.- Force, Strain, Duration of Load.- Injurious Parameters.- Specific Brain Injury Mechanisms.- Anatomical Features.- Characteristics of Loading.- Cranial Effects of Loading.- Skull Deformation  Angular Acceleration Theory.- Pressure Gradient  Translational Acceleration Theory.- Cavitation.- Cranio-spinal Junction Movements.- Primary Injuries.- Fractures.- Focal Injuries.- Diffuse Injuries.- Aspects of Injury Reduction.- References.- Cerebral Hemispheric Contusions and Lacerations.- Contusions.- Immediate Cerebral Effects.- Types of Brain Contusions.- Macroscopic Pathology.- Microscopic Pathology.- Vascular Alterations.- Neuronal Lesions.- Glial Lesions.- Fiber Lesions.- Late Cerebral Effects.- General Remarks.- Posttraumatic Encephalopathies.- Macroscopic Pathology.- Microscopic Pathology.- Punch-drunk Encephalopathy.- Macroscopic Pathology.- Microscopic Pathology.- Lacerations.- Immediate Cerebral Effects.- Types of Brain Lacerations.- Macroscopic Pathology.- Microscopic Pathology.- Lacerations as Component of Cranio-cerebral Wounds.- Progressive Continuous Form of Brain Lacerations.- Late Lesionai Effects of Brain Lacerations.- Meningo-cerebral Scars.- Macroscopic Pathology.- Microscopic Pathology.- Summary.- References.- Diffuse Brain Injury and Brainstem Dysfunction.- Experimental Confirmation of Diffuse Brain Injury.- Types of Diffuse Brain Injury.- Diffuse Brain Swelling.- Diffuse Degeneration.- Gliding Contusion.- Clinical Aspects of Diffuse Brain Injury.- Diagnostic Criteria.- Cerebral Concussion.- Cerebral Shearing Injury.- Diffuse Axonal Shearing Injury.- Primary Brainstem Injury.- References.- Cerebral Contusions and Lacerations. A Clinical Study.- Symptomatology.- Disturbances of Consciousness.- Signs of Localization.- Diffuse Neurological Signs.- Clinical Synthesis.- Anatomo-clinical Forms.- Cerebral Contusion.- Cerebral Laceration.- Hematoma Contusions.- Evolutive Forms.- Extremely Serious Forms.l£|