Prevalence of Structural Brain Damage Without Skull Fracture in Autopsy of Head Trauma Victims

Background: Head trauma is one of the most important causes of death in people under 40 years of age. Fatal brain injury can often occur with a healthy skull, too. The aim of this study is to investigate the epidemiology of brain damage without skull fracture. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the records of all of the victims of head trauma who were referred to the Legal Medicine Organization (LMO) of Tehran province and were reported without skull fracture in the autopsy and whose pathological samples were dispatched for the analysis of their soft tissue, were investigated. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16.0. software. The results were considered significant at P