PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Amin, Adnan
AU  - Al-Zeky, Alaauddin M.
AU  - El-Azm, Mowaffak
TI  - Vacuum extraction as a treatment modality of neonatal skull depression in a twin infant
DP  - 2007 Jul 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1122--1124
VI  - 28
IP  - 7
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/28/7/1122.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/28/7/1122.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2007 Jul 01; 28
AB  - The management of depressed skull fractures in the newborn infant can be controversial. In this article, we report a case of twin pregnancy wherein one of the fetuses had depressed skull fractures that was not associated with any known trauma during the pregnancy or at delivery. This ping-pong skull depression was treated by elevation with an obstetrical vacuum extractor. No complications occurred. The possible etiologies and treatment modalities for neonatal depressed fractures, being conservative or operative, are discussed.