Elevation of Depressed Skull Fracture with a Cup of Breast Pump and a Suction Generator: A Case Report in Technical Aspects.
10.3340/jkns.2007.42.4.346
- Author:
Young Jin KIM
1
;
Sang Koo LEE
;
Maeng Ki CHO
;
Young Joon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. endlessrain1225@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Skull fracture;
Depressed fracture;
Infant;
Breast pump;
Suction generator
- MeSH:
Adult;
Breast*;
Humans;
Infant;
Skull Fracture, Depressed*;
Skull Fractures;
Suction*
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2007;42(4):346-348
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
