A parietal bone fracture with subgaleal and subdural hemorrhage in association with vacuum extraction delivery

Giovanna Marchini1, Daniel Martín Muñoz2, Ylva Vladic Stjernholm3

  • 1Departments of Neonatology Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden.

Clinical Case Reports
|November 25, 2020
PubMed

A neonatal parietal bone fracture was complicated by subgaleal and subdural hematomas after a vacuum extraction delivery. Low-dose computer tomography visualized a comminuted skull fracture. Close observation of infants delivered by vacuum extraction, conservative management after a skull fracture, and further studies on vacuum traction monitoring are warranted.