Depressed skull fractures (ping-pong) in the fetus and newborn are associated with birth canal pathology, maternal trauma and birth trauma following instrumental delivery. The authors report a newborn with a depressed skull fracture (ping-pong) who underwent minimally invasive neurosurgical lifting of bone fragment through a burr hole. Strategy and methods of treatment of similar depressed skull fractures were comprehensively discussed. Moreover, the authors proposed a brief algorithm for the use of vacuum systems and various surgical techniques, including follow-up depending on type, cause, size of the fracture and concomitant intracranial lesions.
V E Popov, R B Mai. Depressed skull fractures in newborns. Case report of ping-pong fracture and literature review]. Zhurnal voprosy neirokhirurgii imeni N. N. Burdenko. 2022;86(1):96-102
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