Azmak D.Imer M.Yorulmaz F.Cobanoglu S.Yilmaz A.2024-06-122024-06-1219951018-5275https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/17223In this study 435 patients with head injury were evaluated in terms of their epidemiological and clinical features to search the importance of 'vital danger' and 'inability to perform daily activities' from the paint of view of Forensic Medicine written in the 456th article of Turkish Criminal Code. The average age of the non-operated cases was 29.5 years and 51% of these were between ages 20-40. The average age of the operated cases was 28.17. 80.9% of the non-operated cases (305 cases) were male and the most common cause of trauma was traffic accident (73.7%). 92.62% of the operated cases were male. We established the pathological lesion causing 'vital danger' in 187 of the non-operated cases (49.6%) and the one causing 'inability to perform daily activities from 20 days to over' in 198 of these cases (52.5%). The pathological lesions which caused vital danger and inability to perform daily activities from 20 days and over were established in all of the operated cases. 28.6% of the non-operated cases have had multiple trauma. There was moderate correlation between low Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score and 'vital danger' (r=0.40) in non-operated cases.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess456th Article Of Turkish Criminal Code; Cause Of Trauma; Gcs; Head InjuryArticle; Head Injury; Human; Law; Major Clinical Study; Physical Disability; Retrospective Study; Turkey (Republic)Article111.Nis23302-s2.0-0029431645N/A