ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2021
A new, low-cost device to treat depressed "ping-pong" fractures non-surgically: technical note.
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- Pediatric ping-pong skull fractures treated with vacuum-assisted elevation.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Article
- A new device to treat ping-pong skull fractures: The hammer puller technique. A comparative analysis using a realistic simulation model.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- "Ping-pong" fracture: An exclusive entity of neonates and infants? A case analysis and literature review.Surgical neurology international · 2023Article
- Replicability of low-cost-device to treat "ping-pong" fractures non-surgically.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this paper is to describe a low-cost and readily accessed Manual Aspiration Reduction System (MARS) for use treating neonatal ping-pong fractures.
methodsThe MARS is composed of a pediatric anesthesia mask, part of a macro dripper, a 3-way stopcock, and two 60-ml syringes. Prior to its use in our patient, the system was tested on five adult volunteers to maximum negative pressure, and none reported pain during the procedure or experienced any other complication. CLINICAL CASE: A 15-day-old premature girl presented with a congenital ping-pong fracture. Her skull X-ray revealed a right parietal fracture. Neurological examination and transfontanellar ultrasound were normal. Treatment using the MARS was performed at the patient's bedside without sedation or anesthesia. The patient was monitored by the neonatology team throughout.
resultsSkull radiography revealed reduction of the fracture after the procedure performed with the MARS. The transfontanellar ultrasound and follow-up neurological examination were normal. The patient progressed favorably and was discharged from our service after 24 h.
conclusionsDue to its components, the MARS is a low-cost and readily accessed system. In this case, it permitted satisfactory reduction of a ping-pong parietal fracture. This system should greatly simplify the treatment of such fractures.
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