Talk:Basilar skull fracture

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This article should be merged with the basilar skull fracture section in skull fracture, or, if someone adds more info here, that material should be removed from skull fracture (leaving a blurb) and merged to this page. Also, is anyone sure that basilar skull fractures are always linear? I see no reason why they can't be other types of fractures. Delldot 19:04, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

I don't see why there could not be other types. Harrison's manuel of medicine reads "Linear fractures, which are most often associtaed with subdural or epidural hematomas, account for 80% of all skull fractures. They are usually orientated from the point of impact toward the base of the skull." Pg2448 16th edition Harrison's manuel of medicine.—Preceding unsigned comment added by PaigePA (talk • contribs)

[edit] Greg Moore, Tony Bettenhausen

Greg Moore died of massive, multiple injuries, one of which was a basilar skull fracture. He went head-first (top of head, impacting down towards the body) into the wall, and therefore not a "typical" Basilar injury (although there was mostly likely trauma there too).

I cannot verify Tony Bettenhausen's injuries, but again, he rolled the car multiple times, and any number of injuries would've been present. However, since he hit the wall head-on (frontal impact) I'm willing to concede this one.Twohlford (talk) 07:02, 24 January 2008 (UTC)