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Suffered Fracture In Skull. Long Term Damage To Her Brain?
My 12 week old baby fell from a changing unit and suffered a fracture to her skull. she was released after 48 hrs obs. She never lost consciousness nor had any clinical symptoms of a brain injury (which I hear though do not correlate to degree of brain injury in a child). she has a scalp haematoma and the neuro said small there were very drops of blood beneath fracture. He informed me of the possibility of a growing fracture. I am wondering about the possibility of long term damage to her brain. thank you
If there was no immediate signs of head injury in your child then it can be considered a good prognosis.However the blood under the fracture might need to be monitored for any increase or scar formation in future.Hence most likely that the neurosurgeon might get the CT Scan repeated in 4 weeks to know the status and comment on the future management.Most of the times this would resolve and leave no future sequelae.
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Suffered Fracture In Skull. Long Term Damage To Her Brain?
Hi, If there was no immediate signs of head injury in your child then it can be considered a good prognosis.However the blood under the fracture might need to be monitored for any increase or scar formation in future.Hence most likely that the neurosurgeon might get the CT Scan repeated in 4 weeks to know the status and comment on the future management.Most of the times this would resolve and leave no future sequelae. Take Care Regards