The role of ultrasonography in imaging of paediatric head trauma

Childs Nerv Syst. 1999 Nov;15(11-12):740-2. doi: 10.1007/s003810050463.

Abstract

Ultrasound appears to be a promising tool for assessment of the state of the dura in patients suffering from a diastatic skull fracture. Our goal is to identify patients who are at a high risk of developing the complications associated with this type of fracture as early as possible in order to keep the neurosurgical repair as simple as possible.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Arachnoid Cysts / diagnosis
  • Brain Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnosis
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods
  • Dura Mater / diagnostic imaging
  • Dura Mater / injuries
  • Humans
  • Skull Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Ultrasonography / methods