title: Elevation of depressed skull fracture with a cup of breast pump and a suction generator : a case report in technical aspects.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Dankook University, College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Koo
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Maeng Ki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Young Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim