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

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  • Alp Özgün Börcek
  • Özgür Öcal

    (Gazi University Faculty of Medicine Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Turkey)

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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.

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  • Alp Özgün Börcek & Özgür Öcal, 2018. "Spontaneous Reduction of a Closed Depressed Skull Fracture in a Child: Case Presentation," Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 8(3), pages 60-61, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joajnn:v:8:y:2018:i:3:p:60-61
    DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2018.08.555740
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