Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Traumatic orbital encephalocele in an infant: using the fracture line to our advantage

  • Letter to the editor - Brain Injury
  • Published:
Acta Neurochirurgica Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Caffo M, Germanò A, Caruso G, Meli F, Calisto A, Tomasello F (2003) Growing skull fracture of the posterior cranial fossa and of the orbital roof. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 145(3):201–208

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Kim JW, Bae TH, Kim WS, Kim HK (2012) Early reconstruction of orbital roof fractures: clinical features and treatment outcomes. Arch Plast Surg 39(1):31–35

    Article  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Menkü A, Koç RK, Tucer B, Kurtsoy A, Akdemir H (2004) Growing skull fracture of the orbital roof: Report of two cases and review of the literature. Neurosurg Rev 27(2):133–136

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Mohindra S, Mukherjee KK, Chhabra R, Gupta R (2006) Orbital roof growing fractures: a report of four cases and literature review. Br J Neurosurg 20(6):420–423

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Piotrowski WP, Beck-Mannagetta J (1995) Surgical techniques in orbital roof fractures: early treatment and results. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 23(1):6–11

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Conflict of interest

No financial support, grants, or conflict of interest.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Sector 12, Chandigarh, 1600l2, India

    Sushanta K. Sahoo & Pravin Shashikant Salunke

  2. Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Mandeep S. Ghuman

Authors
  1. Sushanta K. Sahoo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Pravin Shashikant Salunke
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Mandeep S. Ghuman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Pravin Shashikant Salunke.

Additional information

Author’s contribution

Sushanta K. Sahoo, Collection, collation of data and manuscript drafting

Pravin Shashikant Salunke, Concept and design, collection and collation of data, manuscript drafting and reviewing

Mandeep S. Ghuman, Collation of data

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Sahoo, S.K., Salunke, P.S. & Ghuman, M.S. Traumatic orbital encephalocele in an infant: using the fracture line to our advantage. Acta Neurochir 156, 1357–1359 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-014-2002-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-014-2002-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation