Skull growth fracture

  Growing skull fracture is a fracture of the skull, mainly seen in infants and young children, commonly due to head trauma, and is more common in children under 3 years old; the mechanism of occurrence is mainly due to skull fracture with dural tear, the child has rapid growth of the brain and skull during this period, due to local pressure changes brought about by brain pulsation, the local skull fracture gradually increases, and the brain tissue also expands as a result; the specific mechanism we will not We will not go into the details of the mechanism, and it is not something that the child’s family needs to consider.  Cranial growth fractures have a significant impact on the child’s brain development, and care is needed for infants and children with skull fractures, which require early surgery once diagnosed. Due to the young age of the child, the family may have doubts and be reluctant to operate early. In fact, early surgery is less difficult and has far fewer complications. The later the surgery is done, the more difficult it is and the more complications there are.