TY - JOUR
T1 - Depressed Skull Fracture in Infants
T2 - The Role of Vacuum-Assisted Intervention
AU - Villahermosa, Alexander
AU - Lafuente, Molly
AU - Benchouia, Ahmed Rami
AU - Leary, Jonathan
AU - Gardner, Heather
AU - Tarasiewicz, Izabela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 American Academy of Pediatrics. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Elevation of depressed skull fractures in pediatric patients is indicated when the depression extends below the level of the inner table. Although open surgical reduction is an option for treatment, closed vacuum-assisted elevation has been found to have a high success rate and low complication rates when employed in children less than 6 months of age without disruption of the cortex. In this article, we describe two recent cases from our institution and summarize the reported cases in the literature including information about fracture specifics, device used, technical approach, and success rate of the procedure.
AB - Elevation of depressed skull fractures in pediatric patients is indicated when the depression extends below the level of the inner table. Although open surgical reduction is an option for treatment, closed vacuum-assisted elevation has been found to have a high success rate and low complication rates when employed in children less than 6 months of age without disruption of the cortex. In this article, we describe two recent cases from our institution and summarize the reported cases in the literature including information about fracture specifics, device used, technical approach, and success rate of the procedure.
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U2 - 10.1542/neo.25-12-e757
DO - 10.1542/neo.25-12-e757
M3 - Article
C2 - 39616143
AN - SCOPUS:85211225355
SN - 1526-9906
VL - 25
SP - e757-e764
JO - NeoReviews
JF - NeoReviews
IS - 12
ER -