… ear bleeding, facial palsy, and dizziness, generally make physicians suspect temporal bone
injury… trauma caused by assault and sports injury will have TBCs. No incidences of gunshot …

… either directly referred to Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department from trauma centre or were
… Other causes of injury to the temporal bone included fall from height, sports injury, assault …

… show an obliquely oriented fracture involving the middle ear (A, white arrows) and posterior
displacement of the malleus head (A, black arrow) with absence of the incus body and short …

… with additional factors (trauma, osteopenia, osteoporosis, … , temporal bone fractures or
previous middle ear or skull … The prevalence rates in cadaveric temporal bone studies range …

… and there was 1 case (1.1%) of sports injury (Fig. 1). … trauma to temporal bone is often
overlooked in the initial evaluation. There are a variety of injuries occurring in relation to the ear …

… temporal bone fractures can result in significant short and long-term morbidity. When disrupted
by trauma, damaged structures within the temporal bone … ear after persistent fistulae [13]. …

… ear; (2) otologic surgery involving the middle and/or inner ear before or after the head injury;
… are especially timely, as there has been growing focus on sports-related head injuries in the …

… This review describes outcomes after ballistic injuries to the temporal bone and offers …
Gunshot wounds to the temporal bone universally introduce skin and mucosa into the middle ear …

… the sports injuries to facial bones, teeth, eyes, and ears, … middle ear is in the petrous portion
of the temporal bone and … sounds in the internal ear through the oval window. The internal …

Background: Petrous temporal bone (PTB) fractures result from high energy head trauma … ,
as well as substantial intracranial injuries. Timely and appropriate management is required to …