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Epidemiological Aspects of Craniofacial/Skull Base Fractures

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Traffic accidents are still the main cause of skull bone and skull base fractures. According to the literature, 40–70% of the casualties in traffic accidents suffer from multiple fractures in the viscero- and neuro-­cranium (Kalsbeck et al. 1980; Crossman et al. 2003).

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Hardt, N., Kuttenberger, J. (2010). Epidemiological Aspects of Craniofacial/Skull Base Fractures. In: Hardt, N., Kuttenberger, J. (eds) Craniofacial Trauma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33041-7_5

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