Editing Temporal bone (section)

=== Trauma ===
Temporal bone fractures were historically divided into three main categories, ''longitudinal'', in which the vertical axis of the fracture paralleled the petrous ridge, ''horizontal'', in which the axis of the fracture was perpendicular to the petrous ridge, and ''oblique'', a mixed type with both longitudinal and horizontal components. Horizontal fractures were thought to be associated with injuries to the [[facial nerve]], and longitudinal with injuries to the [[ossicles|middle ear ossicles]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Brodie|first1=HA|last2=Thompson|first2=TC|title=Management of complications from 820 temporal bone fractures.|journal=The American Journal of Otology|date=March 1997|volume=18|issue=2|pages=188–97|pmid=9093676}}</ref>
More recently, delineation based on disruption of the [[otic capsule]] has been found as more reliable in predicting complications such as facial nerve injury, [[sensorineural hearing loss]], [[cerebral hemorrhage|intracerebral hemorrhage]], and [[cerebrospinal fluid]] [[otorrhea]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Little|first1=SC|last2=Kesser|first2=BW|title=Radiographic classification of temporal bone fractures: clinical predictability using a new system.|journal=Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery|date=December 2006|volume=132|issue=12|pages=1300–4|pmid=17178939|doi=10.1001/archotol.132.12.1300|doi-access=free}}</ref>