title: Endoscopic Removal of Neonatal Acute Epidural Hematoma via Strip-Bending Osteoplastic Craniotomy. Technical Note.
abstract: We present a rare case of an acute epidural hematoma extending through a skull fracture into a cephalohematoma in a neonate. The epidural hematoma was caused by a fall after delivery. The neonate remained neurologically asymptomatic. A computed tomography scan 12 days after delivery showed the large-volume epidural hematoma with midline shift. We performed a strip-bending osteoplastic craniotomy and removed the epidural hematoma and external cephalohematoma under neuroendoscopic control. This is the first reported case of an acute epidural hematoma in a neonate treated successfully neuroendoscopically via a strip-bending craniotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakatogawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tokutaro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Chikanori
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Inenaga
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Ayataka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takamichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D044583:Neuroendoscopy / Q000379:methods*