Elevation of depressed skull fracture with a cup of breast pump and a suction generator : a case report in technical aspects.
Surgical elevation of the depressed bone is known to be the conventional treatment usually recommended for a simple depressed skull fracture in the adult or pediatric age. The authors introduce, however, a case of depressed skull fracture in an infant which was elevated by means of a cup of breast pump and a suction generator without surgical elevation. In our case, without surgery, a 'cup-shaped' depressed skull fracture in an infant was safely elevated with no neurological signs. This method is considered a simple, effective, safe, and alternative procedure in an infant with simple depressed skull fracture.
Kim
Young-Jin
YJ
Department of Neurosurgery, Dankook University, College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Lee
Sang Koo
SK
Cho
Maeng Ki
MK
Kim
Young Joon
YJ