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Russian neurosurgeons were able to cure a two-year-old girl with a terrible deformity…
Russian neurosurgeons were able to cure a two-year-old girl with a terrible deformation of the head: after a severe skull injury, more than a liter of cerebrospinal fluid accumulated under the skin
Last fall, a girl suffered a severe traumatic brain injury as a result of a car accident. Immediately after the accident, local doctors performed an emergency operation, removing the hematomas and partially restoring the skull after the fracture.
However, after the operation, the girl’s head began to grow rapidly: the injury was so severe that cerebrospinal fluid began to accumulate under the scalp.
Then the parents turned to the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital. Neurosurgeons examined the girl and found out that cerebrospinal fluid was leaking due to the fact that the bones of the child’s skull did not have time to heal. By this time, more than a liter of fluid had already accumulated under the patient’s skin.
The surgeons performed a complex operation: they removed all the fragments of the bones of the cranial vault, repaired ruptures in the dura mater, closed the skull defect with a special titanium plate, and then performed skin grafting. A month later, the girl’s head took on a normal shape.
Now the two-year-old girl is doing well and is recovering. Doctors are confident that the injury will not have any impact on the child’s future life.
Last fall, a girl suffered a severe traumatic brain injury as a result of a car accident. Immediately after the accident, local doctors performed an emergency operation, removing the hematomas and partially restoring the skull after the fracture.
However, after the operation, the girl’s head began to grow rapidly: the injury was so severe that cerebrospinal fluid began to accumulate under the scalp.
Then the parents turned to the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital. Neurosurgeons examined the girl and found out that cerebrospinal fluid was leaking due to the fact that the bones of the child’s skull did not have time to heal. By this time, more than a liter of fluid had already accumulated under the patient’s skin.
The surgeons performed a complex operation: they removed all the fragments of the bones of the cranial vault, repaired ruptures in the dura mater, closed the skull defect with a special titanium plate, and then performed skin grafting. A month later, the girl’s head took on a normal shape.
Now the two-year-old girl is doing well and is recovering. Doctors are confident that the injury will not have any impact on the child’s future life.
