Condition

Head Injury

Any injury to the scalp, skull or brain, from a minor bump to a serious brain injury.

Also called: head trauma, skull fracture

Who Can Help with Head Injury?

• Emergency Medicine Doctors

  A physician who treats sudden illness and injury in a hospital emergency department.

• Neurosurgeons

  A surgeon who operates on the brain, spine and nerves, including treatment of tumors, herniated discs and spinal injuries.

• Critical Care Doctors

  A physician who treats critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).

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Where Practices List Head Injury

Cities where practice websites say they offer it.

• Littleton, CO (126)
• San Diego, CA (14)
• Houston, TX (12)

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