Skull fractures in infancy.

[Skull fractures in children].

The use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures in infancy and childhood.

The authors described their experience with the use of prophylactic antibiotics in children with compound depressed skull fractures. The analysis of the results of the treatment of patients with or without systemic antibiotics and with or without the replacement of the bone fragments showed no difference in the infection rate, any one was the method used.

Hearing loss in skull fractures.

One hundred three cases of skull fractures in or around the temporal bone were reviewed for hearing loss. Of these, 100 patients had skull series, 66 had computed tomographic head scans, and 44 had polytomographic studies of the temporal bone. Hearing loss in head trauma can be grouped into four categories: conductive hearing loss, peripheral sensorineural hearing loss, central sensorineural he...

Growing fractures of the skull.

Tne cases of growing fractures seen in the last 10 years are presented. Six of the patients sustained their injury within the first six months of life. The defects formed rapidly, several within two or three months after injury. There was enlargement of the defect in only one case after the date of discovery. Although the defects involved the parietal bone most commonly, in four out of 10 the l...

Skull Fractures and Birth Trauma

Objective: In an attempt to further define the spectrum of cranial birth injuries, we analyzed 21 consecutive cranial birth injuries seen at our institution. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review from the medical records of our department from 1994 to 2015. We included 21 infants of 36 weeks gestational age or older with a diagnosis of cranial birth injury (severe cephalhematoma, s...