A K Mahapatra MS MCh DNB MAMS FNAScProfessor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaRaj Kumar MS MCh FASET FRCS MRCS MAMS MNAScProfessor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery Chief Trauma Centre, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, IndiaRaj Kamal MS MChFormer Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

• IntroductionEpidemiology of Head InjuryBiomechanics of Head InjuryPathophysiology of Traumatic Brain InjuryPathology of Head InjuryTraumatic Brain EdemaRole of Abnormal Calcium Homeostasis in Head InjuryIschemic Damage in Brain Following Head InjuryNeurological Examination of Head Injured PatientsImaging in Head InjuryRole of Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitoring in Head InjuryMonitoring in Head InjuryManagement of Severe Head InjuryMinor Head Injury 15. Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance in Head InjuryCoagulopathy in Head InjuryCoagulopathy in Head Injury in Reference to Pediatric PatientsRole of Surgery in Head InjuryThe Role of Stereotactic Surgery in Head InjuryEndocrinal Abnormalities Following Head InjuryThe Role of Hypothermia in Head Injury ManagementPrognosis and Outcome in Head InjuryImproving Outcome after Traumatic Brain InjuryExtradural HematomaPosterior Fossa Extradural HematomaAcute Subdural HematomasCerebral Contusion and Intracerebral HematomaPenetrating Head InjuriesTraumatic Diffuse Axonal InjuryPediatric Head InjuryHead Injury in ElderlyChronic Subdural HematomaTraumatic Cerebellar HematomasTraumatic Basal Ganglia Hematomas and InfarctsPost-traumatic Meningitis and Brain AbscessPost-traumatic HydrocephalusPost-traumatic EpilepsyPost-traumatic Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula–CSF RhinorrheaPost-traumatic CSF OtorrheaSkull Base FracturesTraumatic Carotico-cavernous FistulaTraumatic Dural Venous Sinus ThrombosisCranioplastyVisual Problems Following Head InjuryGrowing Skull FractureTraumatic Subarachnoid HemorrhageCraniocervical Junction InjuriesTraumatic Brainstem HemorrhageManagement of Facial InjuriesNutritional Management of Head InjuryRehabilitation in Head InjuryPersistent Vegetative State in Head InjuryPrevention of Head InjuriesNewer Trends in Management of NeurotraumaGenetic Influences in Traumatic Brain InjuryBrain Death: Indian Law on Organ TransplantIndex