PEN-HUA SUINN-CHI LEE2026-10-162026-10-162010-02-01Pure ID: 15474179Pure UUID: 89ffcd9c-7f4b-4544-acf6-0f53d2543dcc10.1177/0883073809332770https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/76049105900https://scholars.csmu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/32883Vacuum-assisted deliveries are fairly commonly used in obstetrical practice. Most newborns who have a vacuum-assisted delivery undergo extracranial birth traumas that have no residual consequences. Vacuum-assisted deliveries that complicate intracranial vascular infarction are rarely reported. We present 2 cases of intracranial vessel infarction after vacuum-assisted deliveries. One newborn, with scalp erosion, showed an unusual left middle cerebral artery infarct, and the other, with a severe subgaleal hematoma, had a venous thrombosis. Before the diagnosis, made using brain ultrasonography, neither had specific observable neurological symptoms. In conclusion, vacuum-assisted deliveries should be given special attention, especially when they are combined with a severe extracranial birth trauma.5enjournal article