Serefeddin Sabuncuoğlu (1385-1468) on pediatric skull fractures. Historical vignette.

Serefeddin Sabuncuoğlu (1385-1468) presents medieval management of pediatric skull fractures in his textbook Cerrahiyyetu'l Haniyye (Imperial Surgery). He was a Turkish surgeon who lived in the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century. Cerrahiyyetu'l Haniyye, the first example of surgical textbook in the Turkish medical literature, was beautifully illustrated with his own drawings. In this historical article, the sections of Cerrahiyyetu'l Haniyye pertinent to surgical techniques and instruments for pediatric head injury are critically reviewed.