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Case Report
Publish Date : 2015-07-10
International Journal of Neurology and Brain Disorders

Severe Dural Tear And Brain Injury After Vacuum Extraction Birth

Stefan Linsler
Sebastian Senger1, Kristina Flohr2, Otto Schofer2, Joachim Oertel1, Stefan Linsler1*
Article information 

Affiliation

  • 1Department of Neurosurgery , University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
  • 2Department of Paediatrics , Marienhausklinik St. Josef Kohlhof, Neunkirchen, Germany

Corresponding Author

Stefan Linsler. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany. Tel: 49-6841-16-24400; Fax: 49-6841-16-24480; Email: stefan.linsler@uks.eu

Citation

Senger, S. Severe Dural Tear and Brain Injury after Vacuum Extraction Birth (2015) Int J Neurol Brain Disord 2(2): 1- 3.

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© 2015 Linsler, S. This is an Open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Abstract

 

  Traumatic brain lesions after vacuum extraction delivery are rare. Most common complication after operative vaginal deliveries is subgaleal hematoma applied by trained obstetricians. There are only single case reports about major complications after vacuum extraction delivery in the literature available. The authors present a case of a severe brain damage and dural tear after vacuum extraction delivery. In the presented case surgical treatment of the dural tear was required. The child recovered completely in follow up.