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Artificial intelligence based sonographic differentiation between skull fractures and normal sutures in young children [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Accurate differentiation between skull fractures and sutures is challenging in young children. Traditional diagnostic modalities like computed tomography involve ionizing radiation, while sonography is safer but demands expertise. This study explores the
Saskia Hankel, Holger Till, Gerolf Schweintzger, Christof Kraxner, Georg Singer, Nikolaus Stranger, Tristan Till, Sebastian Tschauner   +7 more
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Epidemiology of skeletal trauma and skull fractures in children younger than 1 year in Shenzhen: a retrospective study of 664 patients [PDF]

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background Unintentional injury is one of the top three causes of death for infants. However, the epidemiological studies of skeletal trauma and skull fractures in infants younger than 1 year were poorly understood in China. Therefore, our study aimed to
Hansheng Deng, Xin Qiu, Qiru Su, Shuaidan Zeng, Shuai Han, Shicheng Li, Zhiwen Cui, Tianfeng Zhu, Zhu Xiong, Gen Tang, Shengping Tang   +10 more
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Congenital depressed skull fracture in a neonate without obstetric trauma [PDF]

South African Journal of Radiology
Congenital depressed skull fractures (ping-pong fractures) without obstetric trauma are rare. A term male neonate delivered via uncomplicated caesarean section, demonstrated a right parieto-temporal skull depression (5 cm × 5 cm) at birth.
Elliot K. Mmutle, Baby S. Lekhuleni, Luvo Gaxa   +2 more
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Routine Head Computed Tomography for Patients in the Emergency Room with Trauma Requires Both Thick- and Thin-Slice Images

Emergency Medicine International, 2016
Background. Images of head CT for the supratentorial compartment are sometimes recommended to be reconstructed with a thickness of 8–10 mm to achieve lesion conspicuity.
Kazuhide Maetani, Jun Namiki, Shokei Matsumoto, Katsutoshi Matsunami, Atsushi Narumi, Toshimi Tsuneyoshi, Masanobu Kishikawa   +6 more
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Cerebral Venous Air Embolism due to a Hidden Skull Fracture Secondary to Head Trauma

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2015
Cerebral venous air embolism is sometimes caused by head trauma. One of the paths of air entry is considered a skull fracture. We report a case of cerebral venous air embolism following head trauma.
Ai Hosaka, Tetsuto Yamaguchi, Fumiko Yamamoto, Yasuro Shibagaki   +3 more
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Enlarging Skull Fractures

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1995
The diagnosis, management, and treatment of large unhealed skull fractures are reported in 10 children, aged 2 weeks to 27 months, seen at the Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC in a 4 year period.
J Gordon Millichap
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Skull-base fractures: Pearls of etiopathology, approaches, management, and outcome

Apollo Medicine, 2019
Fractures involving skull bases usually results from high-velocity impacts, i.e., motor vehicular accidents. The estimated incidence of skull-base fracture varies from 4% of all head injuries to 7%–16% of closed head injuries.
K V. L Narasinga Rao, Padilla-Zambrano Huber Said, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Guru Duatta Satyarthee, V Anil Kumar, Ranabir Pal, Amit Agrawal   +6 more
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Direct Anterior Screw Fixation for a Pediatric Odontoid Fracture with Associated Skull Fracture: A Case Report

Indian Spine Journal, 2021
The upper cervical spine remains the most susceptible region for spinal trauma in children, with odontoid fractures being the most common ones in this age group.
Dilip Dutta, Arjun Shankar Dasgupta
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Can three-dimensional Reformatted Computed Tomography Scans be Useful to Avoid Misdiagnoses of Skull Fractures in Pediatric Emergency Cases?

Erciyes Medical Journal, 2020
Objective: To investigate whether three-dimensional (3-D) reformatted cranial computed tomography (CT) scans may contribute to the avoidance of misdiagnosis of skull fractures in pediatric emergency cases.
Yasin Ertuğ Çekdemir
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Skull fracture: an indicator of life-threatening injury or a predictor of intracranial injury?

Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal, 2013
Purpose. To provide arguments that would allow to bring existing today in forensic medicine evaluation of the severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to clinical practice.Materials and methods.
Eugene Pedachenko, Vasyl Burchynskyi, Nikolay Kadzhaya, Andriy Huk, Andrey Diadechko, Dmytro Kuzmenko, Andrii Boliukh, Oleksandr Gotin, Oksana Skobska, Oleg Robak   +9 more
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