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What can happen with splintering bones in a skull fracture?
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Dependswhere they go: If the fragments stay in place, there may be no long term problems. If they penetrate the meninges, which are the membranes that cover the brain, injury or bleeding in the brain can occur.
Answered 2/11/2014
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