[Statistical data on head trauma with frontal sinus involvement at the Emergency Hospital Clinic "Prof. Dr. Nicolae Oblu", Iaşi, Romania].

UNLABELLED: We present here some interesting points of view concerning head and brain injury with frontal sinus involvement.

MATERIAL AND

METHODS

In general neurosurgical practice the frontal sinus traumatic involvement is about 3-5 per cent from all head trauma; we proposed to realise a extensive 5 years study to finnaly sumarise the characteristical elements for our geographical area. The amount of patients hospitalized in our clinic was about 80 000 in five years.

RESULTS

Concerning our statistical data, there are 677 patients with frontal sinus injury, 490 from this were complicated with brain pathology.

CONCLUSIONS

We concluded there are differences between our series and the other studies from developed countries, in our region the domestical (agricultural works) causes are about 10% higher.