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Growing skull fracture: A case operated after eight years

Büyüyen kıafatası kırığı: Sekiz yıl sonra ameliyat edilen bir olgu

Pages
185–187
Publication Date
2022-10-17
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In case of development of a growing skull fracture, surgical treatment should be performed.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Aim: Growing skull fracture is a rare complication of head trauma, seen in 0.05-1,6 % of the skull fracturec.
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Key Findings & Data:In thispaper, a patient operated 8 years after the initial trauma has been presented.Case: A 10-year-old male patient presented with a bone defect of the skull.
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Conclusion & Impact:In case of development of a growing skull fracture, surgical treatment should be performed.
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Aim: Growing skull fracture is a rare complication of head trauma, seen in 0.05-1,6 % of the skull fracturec. In thispaper, a patient operated 8 years after the initial trauma has been presented.Case: A 10-year-old male patient presented with a bone defect of the skull. Medical history revealed that, he hadfallen from a tree when he was two. Neurological examination was normal. X-ray graphy of the skull demonstratedan oblique right temporoparietal bone defect, extending for about 15 cm and 3 cm at the widest part. The patientwas operated to perform duraplasty and cranioplasty.Conclusion: All the linear skull fractures of the childhood should be followed up to make sure that it has beenclosed. In case of development of a growing skull fracture, surgical treatment should be performed.

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Amaç: Büyüyen kafatası kırıkları, tüm kafatası kırıklarının sadece %0,05–1,6’sında görülen nadir birkomplikasyondur. Bu çalı mada, kafatası kırı ının olu masından sekiz yıl sonra ameliyat edilen bir vakasunulmaktadır.Olgu: On ya ında erkek hasta klini imize, kafasını elledi inde eline gelen “kemik bo luk” nedeniyle ba vurdu.Özgeçmi inden hastanın 2 ya ındayken a açtan dü tü ü ö renildi. Hastanın nörolojik muayenesinde herhangi birpatoloji saptanmadı. Direkt grafisinde, sa temporoparyetal bölgede, en geni oldu u yerde 3 cm olan, yakla ık 15cm uzunlu unda, oblik bir kemik defekt görüldü. Hasta ameliyata alınarak duraplasti ve kranyoplasti yapıldı.kırıklarında, kırı ın kapandı ından emin olunmalı ve e er büyüyen birSonuç: Çocuklarda görülen tüm kafatası kafatası kırı ı tespit edilirse, en kısa zamanda tedavi edilmelidir.

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BORAN, B. O. (2022). Growing skull fracture: A case operated after eight years. İnönü Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 13 - Sayı: 3, 185–187. https://ajindex.com/articles/548754

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