Growing Skull Fracture [GSF], a Hydrodynamic Perspective: An Original Article

Abstract

Growing skull fracture (GSF) is a well-known complication of pediatric cranial trauma but its physiopathology has been, so far, only assumed. When the basic laws of hydraulics are applied to the underlying GSF pathology, a clearer understanding of the process involved in it emerges and accounts for the frequent spontaneous arrest of the skull erosion. Moreover the process causing the commonly associated intra-axial pathology is also better defined.