Head fractures in children can be treated conservatively if the fracture is not displaced and there is no intracranial hemorrhage. If it is accompanied by skull depression and intracranial hemorrhage, it can be treated by surgery.
If a child has a fracture of the skull after a traumatic injury, and the fracture is not obviously displaced and there is no intracranial hemorrhage through CT examination, conservative treatment is possible. Attention to rest, the fracture site using ice for cold compresses to promote capillary contraction to reduce bleeding. Children heal faster, and simple skull fractures usually heal partially and pain disappears within a few weeks.
If the injury suffered a large violence, skull fracture indentation, compression of brain tissue or accompanied by intracranial epidural, subdural hematoma, this situation is more critical, the need for emergency surgery for treatment.
If the child’s head trauma led to fracture, it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital in a timely manner to improve the examination, receive regular treatment, to avoid adverse consequences.