Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

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Elevation of Depressed Skull Fracture with a Cup of Breast Pump and a Suction Generator : A Case Report in Technical Aspects

  • Kim, Young-Jin (Department of Neurosurgery Dankook University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Koo (Department of Neurosurgery Dankook University College of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Maeng-Ki (Department of Neurosurgery Dankook University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Young-Joon (Department of Neurosurgery Dankook University College of Medicine)
  • Published : 2007.10.31
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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.

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