Trauma craneoencefálico. Revisión de la literatura

Abstract

Cranioencephalic trauma (TBI) is a medical-surgical pathology characterized by a cerebral alteration secondary to a traumatic injury to the head causing structural damage to this contents, including the brain tissue and its blood vessels. The incidence is 200 people per 100,000 inhabitants, the most frequent etiology in traffic accidents (70%), followed by violent events and / or fall from their own height depending on the geographical area in which they are. Primary, secondary, tertiary injuries, delayed deterioration, types of endocranial hypertension and specific lesions such as TBI pathophysiology, as well as clinical and imagenologyc evaluation of lesions and their appropriate treatment are explained in this review.