Birth trauma to the central nervous system in premature infants, its incidence and structure
Belyĭ, N.I.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 154(1): 83-85
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 7793002 Document Number: 444154
The analysis of 1097 newborns case reports is carried out, the high frequency (86.4%) of congenital CNS disorders and high diagnostic possibilities of lumbar puncture are showed as well as REG and roentgenography of the vertebral column cervical portion in CNS birth injury diagnostics, which has been revealed in 71.9% of patients (60.8%--trauma of the cervical portion of the vertebral column with haematoma in CNS and 4.8%--haematoma in CNS). Decreasing of vertebral column birth injury frequency and increasing of haematoma cases frequency with enhancing of immature newborns rate are revealed, which ratio in mature and immature of the I, II, III and the IV degrees is as 9.4; 10.6; 5.2; 2.1; 0.6.