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Case Reports
. 1999 Feb;35(1):96-7.
doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.00327.x.

Revival of non-surgical management of neonatal depressed skull fractures

L Pollak  1 , A Raziel, S Ariely, J Schiffer
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Case Reports

Revival of non-surgical management of neonatal depressed skull fractures

L Pollak et al. J Paediatr Child Health. 1999 Feb.

Abstract

The management of depressed skull fractures in the newborn infant can be controversial. We report on a neonate, born by Caesarean section with difficult head extraction, complicated by a parietal depressed fracture. This 'ping-pong' fracture was treated by elevation with an obstetrical vacuum extractor. No complications occurred. The possible treatment modalities for neonatal depressed fractures, being conservative or operative, will be discussed.

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