A case of multiple trauma with sinking skull, whose life was saved by consistent team medical treatment

Abstract

A 54 year old man was brought to our hospital by ambulance. He had been injured by falling heavy steel. An examination was performed, and he was diagnosed as having sinking skull, acute extradural hematoma, trauma of the right eye, right eye laceration, injury of the optic canal (right blind), and multiple fractures. Open fractures were observed in the right ring finger and little finger. Simple fractures were observed in the zygomatic bone nasal bone and maxillary bone. An emergency operation (external skeletal fixation, taxis of the skull and maxillary bone, extradural hematoma depletion, suture of right eyelid) was performed. His life was saved by consistent team treatment from preoperation to postoperation. He was discharged from our hospital on foot at 45 days after the operation.