Celebral Contusions, Lacerations and Hematomas [electronic resource] /

Biomechanics of Brain Injuries -- Basic Injury Mechanics -- Specific Brain Injury Mechanisms -- Primary Injuries -- Aspects of Injury Reduction -- References -- Cerebral Hemispheric Contusions and Lacerations -- Contusions -- Lacerations -- Late Lesionai Effects of Brain Lacerations -- Summary -- References -- Diffuse Brain Injury and Brainstem Dysfunction -- Experimental Confirmation of Diffuse Brain Injury -- Types of Diffuse Brain Injury -- Clinical Aspects of Diffuse Brain Injury -- Diagnostic Criteria -- Primary Brainstem Injury -- References -- Cerebral Contusions and Lacerations. A Clinical Study -- Symptomatology -- Clinical Synthesis -- References -- Traumatic Brain Swelling and Brain Edema -- Diagnosis and Pathogenesis -- Frequency and Temporal Development -- Intracranial Pressure -- Management -- Outcome -- References -- Posttraumatic Intracerebral Hematomas -- Definition -- Incidence -- Etiology and Pathogenetic Mechanism -- Biomechanics -- Location -- Clinical Manifestations -- Localizing Signs -- Differential Diagnosis -- Intracerebral Hematomas Concerning Their Appearance in Time -- Intracerebral Bleeding in Children -- Paraclinical Investigations -- Treatment -- How to Do It -- References -- Posttraumatic Cerebellar Contusions and Hematomas -- Cerebellar Contusions -- Posterior Fossa Hematomas -- Depressed Fractures -- How to Do It -- References -- Early Dynamic Evolution of Cerebral Contusions and Lacerations. Clinical and Radiological Findings -- Definition -- Radiological Findings -- Correlation of Clinical Manifestation and CT-findings -- Enlargement of Contusions on Repeat Scan -- Dynamics of Cerebral Contusions -- Intracerebral Hematoma -- Treatment -- Prognosis -- Summary -- References -- Evoked Potentials in Head Injury -- Anatomical and Neurophysiological Considerations -- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials -- Visual Evoked Response -- Auditory Evoked Responses -- Prognostic Value of Evoked Potentials in Severe Head Injury -- Auditory Evoked Responses in Non-severe Head Injury -- Brain Death -- Reliability of Evoked Potentials -- How to Do It -- References.