Abstract & Overview
Introduction: Head injury is the leading cause of death and disability among young adults.It constitutes close to 50% of all injuries.Data have shown that a significant proportion of the world's population, over 57 million are living with neurological sequalae of head injury.The study aimed to describe the epidemiology of head injury in a center with no previous neurosurgical services in North Eastern Nigeria. Materials and Methodology:A prospective study that involved all patients managed with head injury between September 2018 and August 2019.Demographic, clinical radiological details obtained and patients categorization made using Glasgow coma scale (GCS) and the treatment offered based it.The outcome was measured with Extended Glasgow Outcome Score (GOSE).Descriptive statistics were obtained Mean Standard deviation SD, Frequencies, Percentages.Results: Eighty-four percent were males with male to female ratio of 5:1.The most prevalent cause of head injury was road traffic accident (89%).Moderate of head injured patients were the majority (42%) while 59% of the patient has injury severity score (ISS) of ≥25.Favourable outcomes were recorded in most of the patients (89%). Conclusion:The burden of head injury on patients, patient's relatives/care-givers and health care services in our environment is worrisome though our study recorded favourable outcomes in most of the patients.Public health awareness is the key to prevention.