Pathophysiology
- AnteriorĀ skullĀ baseĀ fractures are associated with orbital injury, nasal cerebrospinal fluid leak, and injury to cranial nerve I.
- CentralĀ skullĀ baseĀ fractures are associated with injury to cranial nerves III, IV, V or VI, and carotid injury.
- PosteriorĀ skull base fractures are associated with a cervical spine injury, vertebral artery injury, and injury to the lower cranial nerves. These injuries are very serious and often the patients have hemiplegia or paraplegia
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