Pattern and Outcome of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: Observational Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Management and outcome of pediatric traumatic brain injury at HUCSH from September 2017 to September 2018.

Head injury characteristics	Subclassification	N (%)
Associated extracranial injury	No injury	61 (19.2)
	Soft tissue injury	179 (56.5)
	Extremity bone fracture	70 (22.1)
	Chest/abdominal injury	6 (1.9)
	Vertebral bone fracture	1 (0.3)
Management type	Surgical	88 (27.8)
	Conservative	229 (72.2)
Type of surgical intervention	Burr hole	2 (0.6)
	Elevation for depressed skull fracture	66 (20.8)
	Craniotomy and evacuation	2 (0.6)
	Irrigation and debridement	19 (6.0)
Condition on discharge	Survived/recovered	303 (95.6)
	Died	10 (3.2)
	Referred	2 (0.6)
	Left against medical advice	2 (0.6)
Neurologic outcome at discharge	No deficit	267 (84.2)
	Focal deficit	30 (9.5)
	Depressed mentation	10 (3.2)
Duration of hospital stay	≤24 hours	78 (24.6)
	1–3 days	64 (20.2)
	4–7 days	108 (34.1)
	8 days–01 month	65 (20.5)
	≥1 month	2 (0.6)