Table 2 Types and sites of war-related traumatic brain injuries

Penetrating injury

178

91.3

Injured hemisphere^a

Type of injury

  Right lobes

112

57.4

  Metal foreign body

124

63.6

  Left lobes

107

54.9

  Intracerebral hemorrhage

67

34.4

  Crossing midline

36

18.5

  Loss of brain material

43

22.1

Other injuries

  Subarachnoid hemorrhage

32

16.4

  Vault skull fracture

156

80

  Bony foreign body

29

14.9

  Basilar skull fracture

19

9.7

  Subdural hemorrhage

27

13.8

  CSF leakage

15

7.7

  Cerebral contusion

23

11.8

  Cranial nerves

12

6.2

  Intraventricular hemorrhage

16

8.2

  Pneumocephalus

10

5.1

  Epidural hemorrhage

2

1.0

  Vertebral fracture

6

3.1

  Other injuries

10

5.1

Count of body parts injured^b

Site of Injury^a

  One

147

75.4

  Left parietal lobe

56

28.7

  Two

36

18.5

  Right parietal lobe

48

24.6

  Three

9

4.6

  Right frontal lobe

48

24.6

  Four

3

1.5

  Left frontal lobe

42

21.5

The most severe head injury^b

  Right temporal lobe

41

21.0

  Minor (1)

2

1.0

  Right occipital lobe

31

15.9

  Moderate (2)

16

8.2

  Left temporal lobe

27

13.8

  Serious (3)

70

35.9

  Left occipital lobe

25

12.8

  Severe (4)

67

34.4

  Brainstem

3

1.5

  Critical (5)

39

20.0

  Incompatible with life (6)

1

0.5