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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Palpable signs of skull fractures on physical examination and depressed skull fractures or traumatic brain injuries on CT in children. [PDF]
Eur J PediatrTo assess the actual presence of underlying depressed skull fractures and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) on computed tomography (CT) in children with and without palpable skull fractures on physical examination following minor head trauma.
Bressan S +4 more
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Skull Fractures Induce Neuroinflammation and Worsen Outcomes after Closed Head Injury in Mice [PDF]
Journal of Neurotrauma, 2019 The weight-drop model is used widely to replicate closed-head injuries in mice; however, the histopathological and functional outcomes may vary significantly between laboratories.
L. Zvejniece +10 more
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Bilateral Skull Fractures in an Infant: Diagnostic Dilemma Between Accident and Abuse [PDF]
Case Reports in PediatricsAccidental head injury in infants is relatively common in the emergency department. However, abusive head trauma (AHT) should be considered in the differential diagnosis because of its strong association with morbidity and mortality.
Tomohiro Hirade, Daisuke Koike
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Skeletal survey yields in low vs. high risk pediatric patients with skull fractures. [PDF]
Child Abuse Negl, 2023 BACKGROUND: To assess for occult fractures, physicians often opt to obtain skeletal surveys (SS) in young, acutely head-injured patients who present with skull fractures. Data informing optimal decision management are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To determine the
Isaac R +12 more
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Development and validation of a deep learning model for automatic detection of depressed skull fractures from CT scans [PDF]
BMC Medical ImagingBackground Depressed skull fractures with bone depression greater than in one cortex might cause major consequences and require surgery in traumatic head injury patients.
Salita Angkurawaranon +5 more
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Feline head trauma: a CT analysis of skull fractures and their management in 75 cats [PDF]
Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2018 Objectives The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate the configurations and management of feline skull fractures and concurrent injuries following head trauma.
R. Knight, R. Meeson
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Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2021 Up to 20% of victims from skull fractures are represented by the pediatric population, and 50% of these lesions are depressed skull fractures. The treatment is multimodal in nature, ranging from conservative treatment to open surgical repair.
Rodrigo Moreira Faleiro +8 more
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Traumatic skull fractures in dogs and cats: A comparative analysis of neurological and computed tomographic features. [PDF]
J Vet Intern Med, 2020 Background: Traumatic skull fractures (TSF) are relatively frequent in dogs and cats, but little information is available regarding their clinical and imaging features.
Amengual-Batle P +13 more
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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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