RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Vacuum extraction as a treatment modality of neonatal skull depression in a twin infant
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1122
OP 1124
VO 28
IS 7
A1 Amin, Adnan
A1 Al-Zeky, Alaauddin M.
A1 El-Azm, Mowaffak
YR 2007
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/28/7/1122.abstract
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.