TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of cranial epidural hematoma in a neonate
T2 - Treating a rare complication of vacuum extraction
AU - Vachharajani, Akshaya
AU - Mathur, Amit
PY - 2002/11/1
Y1 - 2002/11/1
N2 - Epidural hematoma is a rare form of neonatal birth injury accounting for 2% of newborn intracranial hemorrhage. We report the first case of ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of a cranial epidural hematoma in a neonate who also suffered subgaleal and intraparenchymal hemorrhage as a complication of vacuum extraction.
AB - Epidural hematoma is a rare form of neonatal birth injury accounting for 2% of newborn intracranial hemorrhage. We report the first case of ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of a cranial epidural hematoma in a neonate who also suffered subgaleal and intraparenchymal hemorrhage as a complication of vacuum extraction.
KW - Epidural hematoma
KW - Ultrasound-guided aspiration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036867565&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1055/s-2002-36837
DO - 10.1055/s-2002-36837
M3 - Article
C2 - 12541211
AN - SCOPUS:0036867565
VL - 19
SP - 401
EP - 404
JO - American Journal of Perinatology
JF - American Journal of Perinatology
SN - 0735-1631
IS - 8
ER -