1) To become more familiar with mechanisms of injury related to parturition. 2) To better recognize birth trauma-induced imaging abnormalities of the scalp, skull, and brain in newborns. 3) To have an increased awareness of birth-related traumatic neurosurgical emergencies.
The incidence of birth-related neurotrauma has declined with modern advances in prenatal care and improved obstetrical techniques. Nevertheless, head injury still occurs during labor and delivery. The different types of parturitional head injury cover a wide spectrum and range from minor self-limited scalp injuries such as a caput succedaneum to life threating intracranial posterior fossa hemorrhages requiring prompt neurosurgical intervention. Head injuries including scalp hematomas, skull fractures and types of intracranial hemorrhage will be discussed in this session as well as risk factors that predispose the neonate to birth-related trauma.
Silvera, M,
Perinatal Brain Trauma. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14001070.html
