Abstract

It is a prospective study of 41 cases of traumatic brain stem injury cases whose medico legal autopsy was done in the Institute of Forensic Medicine, at the Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai from December 2007 to June 2008. In the 41 cases, 16 cases, (39.02%) were primary brain stem injury and 25 cases, (60.98) were secondary brain stem injury. The mean ages of cases with primary and secondary brainstem injuries were respectively 55.7 and 36.2. Male victims outnumbered the female victims with male female sex ratio of 13:1. Road traffic accidents involving mainly pedestrians and two wheelers were the most common cause for traumatic brain injury.

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