du Plessis J J
Department of Neurosurgery, H.F. Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa.
J Trauma. 1993 Feb;34(2):290-2. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199302000-00021.
A case of an open depressed fracture of the skull overlying and partially obliterating the superior sagittal sinus is reported. Depressed fractures overlying major venous sinuses as a cause of persistent elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) and poor neurologic outcome without treatment is discussed. Measurement of ICP and cerebral angiography may have a role to play in the management of these patients.