CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS : MANAGEMENT IN INFANCY
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Perioperative management of pediatric patients with craniosynostosis.
Craniosynostosis, premature closures of the skull sutures, results in dysmorphic features if left untreated. Brain growth and cognitive development may also be impacted. Craniosynostosis repair is usually performed in young infants and has its perioperative challenges. This article provides background information about the different forms of craniosynostosis, with an overview of associated anom...
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DESCRIPTION An 8-month-old baby boy presents with trigonocephaly and undergoes anterior cranial vault reconstruction for metopic craniosynostosis.
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Skull deformity in infants continues to be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Deformational plagiocephaly is a common and somewhat benign cause of skull deformity in infants that must be distinguished from the more serious craniosynostosis, which occurs alone or as a syndrome. Examining an infant's head from above can help the physician distinguish true lambdoid synostosis from deformation...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-1237(01)80102-7