depressed fracture

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depressed fracture - fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in

fracture, break - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

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The real injury was a depressed fracture of the skull, extending right up through the motor area.

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Cole has been diagnosed with a depressed fracture of the tibia after aggravating the problem prior to Sunday's 1-0 home victory over Manchester United.

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He was believed to have suffered a depressed fracture of the skull to the rear of his head.

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Mr Brown, who later died in unrelated circumstances, was beaten so badly four bones in his face were broken, his eye was swollen shut, and he suffered a depressed fracture to his skull.

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Skipper Rob Purdham, seasoned prop Karl Temata and lively half-back Luke Gale are also back after missing a big chunk of action but Quins lost promising full-back Ben Jones-Bishop in the win at Wigan with a depressed fracture of his skull.

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He is now recovering at home from a complex depressed fracture that caused the skull to penetrate his brain, and required a week in the high dependency unit at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.

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Dr Sharma said that if a golf stick is hit lightly, depressed fracture will not be inflicted.

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A depressed fracture, as described to me by the surgeon, is like pressing your thumb into a ping-pong ball.

Goodman KO'd after skull break

Sandaza suffered a shattered eye socket, depressed fracture, chipped jaw bone and a broken nose in the horrific collision which also left blood gushing from a gory wound on Hutchison's head.

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I said I didn't want that doing and at that time, I still thought it was just a little depressed fracture.

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In 2008 he returned and played in a protective mask just two weeks after surgery on a depressed fracture in his skull.

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Shehzad's CAT scan shows a depressed fracture of the zygomatic arch of skull," a Pakistan Cricket Board release said.