Spontaneous Reduction of a Closed Depressed Skull Fracture in a Child: Case Presentation

Alp Özgün Börcek and Özgür Öcal
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Özgür Öcal: Gazi University Faculty of Medicine Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Turkey

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2018, vol. 8, issue 3, 60-61

Abstract: Depressed skull fractures account 25% of head trauma of childhood head trauma. They can be classified as open or closed and most of the open fractures require surgical intervention and closed ones could be followed-up when they fulfill indications such as absence of neurological deficit. Literature has examples of spontaneous healing of depressed fractures that did not undergo surgery. This report aims to present a severe depressed skull fracture that was managed conservatively.

Keywords: Open Access Journal of Neurology; Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery; Open Access Journal; juniper publishers; neurology open access journals; journal of neurology; neurology indexed journals; neurology scholarly journals; journal of neurology; neurology journals impact factor; juniper publishers reivew (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2018.08.555740

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