[Treatment of severe craniocerebral injuries]

During 1992. 19357 patients were examined at the Department for Neurosurgery of the Emergency Centre, Clinical Center of Serbia, out of which 15879 had head injury. In addition to those necessitating hospitalisation, there was also a large number of patients with mild head injury that were not admitted for hospital management and were sent home following initial first aid. The average incidence of these patients was 45 patients per day during 1992. During 1992. a total of 1,978 patients were hospitalised, out of which 1,520 (84%) were injured. A total of 633 patients (25%) were hospitalised due to injuries sustained in traffic accidents. All patients were examined and evaluated according to the standard protocol including GCS as well.