[Long-term results after surgical treatment of head injuries].

It outflows from a survey of 174 cases operated during five years for skull injuries that the resulting state depends of preoperative level of consciousness. In injuries with the loss of consciousness, there is a close correlation between the type of motor-topain response and the resulting state. It was stated from the delay for up to 5 years after surgery that the independence from the day life has been achieved in 65% of injured patients which experienced preoperatively a mild loss of consciousness as they localized the pain stimulus or produced unintelligible sounds in response to pain.