20-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH EARLY SURGERY FOR CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS .1. ISOLATED CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS - RESULTS AND UNSOLVED PROBLEMS
20-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH EARLY SURGERY FOR CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS .1. ISOLATED CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS - RESULTS AND UNSOLVED PROBLEMS
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DOI:
10.1097/00006534-199508000-00004
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发表时间:
1995-08-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
ZIDE, BM
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作者:
MCCARTHY, JG;GLASBERG, SB;ZIDE, BM
Early surgery for isolated craniosynostosis is designed to improve morphology, to prevent functional disturbances, and equally important, to enhance the psychosocial development of the child. As the first of a two-part series, 104 patients with isolated craniofacial synostosis were retrospectively analyzed. Diagnoses included bilateral coronal (10), unilateral coronal (57), metopic (29), and sagittal synostosis (8).All patients underwent primary fronto-orbital advancement-calvarial vault remodeling procedures at less than 18 months of age (mean 8.1 months). Thirteen percent of patients (14) required a secondary cranial vault operation (mean age 22.6 months) to address residual deficits in craniofacial form. Perioperative complications were minimal (5.0 percent), and there was no mortality.Average length of postoperative follow-up was 46.0 months. By the classification of Whitaker et al., which assesses surgical results, 87.5 percent of patients were considered to have at least satisfactory craniofacial form (category I-II) at latest evaluation. Overall rates of hydrocephalus, shunt placement, and seizures (3.8, 1.0, and 2.9 percent, respectively) were low. Among the isolated craniosynostoses, unilateral coronal synostosis/plagiocephaly poses the most complex problems, including vertical orbital dystopia, nasal tip deviation, and residual craniofacial asymmetry; there is also a wide spectrum of findings and growth patterns in this subgroup.