J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1993 Jul;22(7):809-814.

Pathophysiology of Craniocerebral Trauma

• Kim HJ

Abstract

In the past decade, major advances have been made in defining and, to some extent, quantifying the types of brain damage that occur in non-missile head injury, and in identifying their pathogenesis, using biological models of head injury. There have been various approaches to the classification of brain damage and we have tended to emphasize the existence of primary and secondary damage from impairment of cerebral blood flow and brain metabolism, which helps in the identification of at least potentially preventable complications.

Keyword

Primary damage; Secondary damage; Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral metabolism

MeSH Terms

Brain
Classification
Craniocerebral Trauma*
Metabolism
Models, Biological