| Elevation of Depressed Skull Fracture with a Cup of Breast Pump and a Suction Generator: A Case Report in Technical Aspects. |
| Young Jin Kim, Sang Koo Lee, Maeng Ki Cho, Young Joon Kim |
| Department of Neurosurgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. endlessrain1225@hanmail.net |
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| ABSTRACT |
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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. |
| Key Words:
Skull fracture; Depressed fracture; Infant; Breast pump; Suction generator |
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