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Copper Beaten Skull! Can It be a Usual Appearance?

'Copper beaten' skull refers to the prominent convolutional markings seen in multiple bones of the skull. Underlying cause is thought to be related to increased intracranial pressure resulting from such processes as craniosynostosis, obstructive hydrocephalus and/or intracranial masses. However, the copper beaten appearance of the skull has poor sensitivity in detecting increased intracranial p...

Generics: just who can be trusted?

[Growing skull fracture].

BACKGROUND Growing skull fracture or craniocerebral erosion is a rare complication of linear skull fracture in childhood. It is characterized by progressive diastatic enlargement of the fracture line, which leads to a cranial defect, dural cleft, and cerebral herniation. It is presented as a soft pulsabile scalp swelling above the fracture, with a clear cranial defect. CASE REPORT In this pap...

Fracture of the Skull

present day regard the recommendations of Astley C!ooper, Abernethy and Dupuytren for 11011-interference in a case of simple depressed fracture of the skull without cerebral compression, it must surely be accepted as an axiom in modern surgery that wherever symptoms of such compression are present, it is absolutely imperative to make a free incision in order to allow of an examination of the st...

Who should be treated surgically for a displaced clavicle fracture?

Treatment of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures remains controversial despite several randomized trials and a recent meta-analysis (McKee et al. 2012, Lenza et al. 2013, Rehn et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2015). In the current issue of Acta Orthopaedica, Ban et al. present results of a survey among Scandinavian orthopedic surgeons on attitudes to treatment of displaced clavicle fractures. The res...