Brain trauma is a common clinical problem, which is faced in everyday practice by neurosurgeons, intensive care doctors, neurologists, emergency doctors and GP specialists. Trauma patients with GCS <7 often have other organs and systems involved, so their management is also carried out by orthopedists, thoracalists, general surgeons and many other specialty medical professionals. Head injury is usually followed by tremendous social and economic consequences that are not realized in the society, until it strikes a particular person.

This Home Page is a part of "Head and Spine Trauma: Problems, Perspectives and Prevention" project, carried out in the Dept. of Neurosurgery of Vilnius University Emergency Hospital.

The main aims of this project is to provide the society and medical professionals with the common causes, symptoms, prevention, outcome and current state of art in management of head and spine trauma. This page is oriented to the population of Lithuania, so main language is Lithuanian. Information is presented separately for the professionals and non-professionals so, we hope, the medical language and actuality problems were eliminated. The Internet links could also be helpful in finding answers, not covered in this site.

The Home Page is regularly upgraded, providing readers with up-to-date changes in the field of head and spine trauma.

If You are interested in this subject and wish to discuss any question about it, please do no hesitate to contact us.