Questions Being Raised About the Severe Head Trauma in Bob Saget’s Death – Opinion

Bob Saget’s death in January was a very tragic thing, especially for someone who was still relatively young, was beloved by so many people, and who had contributed so much to the entertainment industry.

However, many are now asking questions about his severe head trauma.

An autopsy report that was released Thursday said his death could be attributed to severe head trauma. The accident was determined to have occurred. Maybe he fell, then fell asleep and died.

The NY Times now suggests that the extent of the head trauma was much greater than first thought. His head was fractured in several areas, including the front and back.

Some neurosurgeons said that it would be unusual for a typical fall to cause Mr. Saget’s set of fractures — to the back, the right side, and the front of his skull. These doctors stated that these injuries were more similar to those suffered in people who are thrown from the car or fall from high places.

The autopsy, though, found no injuries to other parts of Mr. Saget’s body, as would be expected in a lengthier fall. The death was ruled accidental by the medical examiner. The local sheriff’s office had previously said there were no signs of foul play.

“This is significant trauma,” said Dr. Gavin Britz, the chair in neurosurgery at Houston Methodist. “This is something I find with someone with a baseball bat to the head, or who has fallen from 20 or 30 feet.”

Britz pointed out that fractures were found in particular thick areas of the skull and bones within the roof of each eye socket. “If you fracture your orbit,” he said, referring to those eye bones, “you have significant pain.”

While I don’t often have a lot of respect for Dr. Sanjay Gupta, he is a neurosurgeon and his description here of the injuries is accurate.

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines actor and comedian Bob Saget’s autopsy report and says the report reveals what seems to be signs of a significant blow to the head https://t.co/ZExvcfXyTk pic.twitter.com/I0YLeARRW5

— CNN (@CNN) February 11, 2022

“When you read this autopsy report, that may still be the case, but it was a very significant blow to the head,” Gupta continued, pointing out that the skull fractures were extensive enough to stretch from the back of Saget’s head around to his right temporal bone – and that there were additional fractures on the front of his skull as well.

“In order to do that — when I first saw this, if I knew nothing else about what had happened, you would think that maybe this was someone who had fallen down the stairs and had several impacts to the head or been unrestrained in a car accident,” Gupta said. “I mean, it was that degree of force.”

“there is no hotel room I have ever stayed in that would allow for a fall significant enough to cause this kind of head injury… It really raises, to me, more questions than it provides answers.” – Dr. Dan Barrow, Chair of @EmoryNeurosurgBob Saget Autopsy Results pic.twitter.com/MxMN0eFrAr

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) February 11, 2022

Above clip shows an officer making a point not to see signs of foul play or blood. Professor Dan Barrow of Emory Neurosurgery questions the truth of the fall theory.

They might have some questions about Saget’s head and how he could have suffered such serious injuries.