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• TITLE: Demographic Characteristics, Incidence Trends, and Treatment Outcomes of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (PTBI) at Bugando Medical Center

  AUTHORS: Renfrida Mwahesa, Uduak-Obong Ekanem, Christopher M. Bonfield, James Lubuulwa

  KEYWORDS: Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, Bugando Medical Center, Road Traffic Accidents

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery, Vol.16 No.2, February 4, 2026

  ABSTRACT: Objective: To determine the demographic characteristics, incidence trends, and treatment outcomes of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury at Bugando Medical Center (BMC). Methods: A retrospective hospital based study was conducted, data were extracted from the BMC emergency and neurosurgical electronic registers for all patients aged less than 18 years in a three year study between January 2020 to December 2022. Results: Among 302 pediatric patients, male to female ratio of 1.5:1, 109 were attended as outpatient and were discharged while 193 were subsequently admitted. Children were categorized into the following age groups: children