Neonatal subgaleal hematoma causing brain compression: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1470-1474

  Amar, Arun P ^a   Aryan, Henry E ^b   Meltzer, Hal S ^b   Levy, Michael L ^b   Sutton, Leslie N ^c   Drake, James M ^c   Arai, Hajime ^c   Cohen, Alan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital San Diego ^*

Author keywords

Aponeurosis; Caput; Cephalohematoma; Galea; Scalp; Subgaleal hematoma; Vacuum extraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBGALEAL HEMATOMA; VACUUM; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

EID: 0038278703     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000065180.07961.54     Document Type: Article

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