Outcomes of the early endoscopic-assisted suturectomy for treatment of multisuture craniosynostosis

AbstractTo present the outcomes and adverse events associated with the endoscopic-assisted, minimally invasive suturectomy in patients with multisuture synostosis. This retrospective cohort study included children  <  65 days of age who underwent endoscopic-assisted suturectomy (EAS) for multisuture craniosynostosis at a single tertiary referral center from 2013 to 2021. The primary outcome was calvarial expansion, and the secondary outcome was adverse events. The pre- and post-operative 3-dimensional brain c omputed tomography (CT) scan was used to calculate the intracranial volume and cephalic index. During a period of 2 years, 10 infants (10–64 days) diagnosed with multisuture synostosis underwent single-stage EAS of every affected suture in our center. The coronal suture was the most prevalent in volved suture among our cases. The mean age and weight of the patients were 39 ± 17.5 days and 4.39 ± 0.8 kg, respectively. The surgical procedure took 42 ± 17.4 min of time and caused 46 ± 25.4 mL of bleeding on average. Ninety percent of the operations were considered succe ssful (n = 9) regarding calvarial expansion. There were two complications, one requiring an open vault surgery and one repairing a leptomeningeal cyst. In the eight patients who did not necessitate further interventions, the mean pre-operative intracranial volume was 643.3 ± 189.4 cm3. The follow-up results within the average of 38.9  months after surgery showed ...
Source: Neurosurgical Review - Category: Neurosurgery Source Type: research