The cases of the head trauma have been greatly increasing of late years and also the incidence of the head trauma of the infants has been increasing.
Since the infants have many elements differed from the adults, the neurosurgeon will need the sufficient knowledge for the treatment of the head trauma of the infants.
We examined one hundred and fifty one patients for three years from July 1964 to July, 1967.
The obtained results are as follows;
1) The cases of the head trauma of the boys are about twice as many as the girls, and about 80% of all cases falls into the age group from 2 to 4 years.
2) As to the cause of the head trauma, the cases of the traffic accident and the accident by fall from the height are for many than the cases of the other causes and each of the first two cases comprises about over 30% of all cases.
3) For the clinical prognosis of the head trauma of the infants, the consciousness after the injury is more important than the presence of the skull fracture. The longer the duration of unconsciousness lasted after the injury, the higher the incidence of traumatic epilepsy developed.
4) One of the characteristics of the head trauma of the infants is relatively rapid convalescence than the adults and most patients are healed during 3 to 6 months after the injury.
The higher incidence of traumatic epilepsy, however, is another characteristics among the infant compared to the adults.
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