Follow-up study to investigate symmetry and stability of cranioplasty in craniosynostosis – Introduction of new pathology-specific parameters and a comparison to the norm population

ConclusionThe determination of new pathology-specific morphometric parameters on the three-dimensional surface scan enables an objective quantification of physiological and pathological cranial morphologies of children. A comparison of operated children with a healthy, age-appropriate comparison group showed that preoperative and statistically significant deviations of the new measuring parameters in long-term follow-up could be normalized through surgical intervention, although this does not apply without limitations to children with coronary suture synostosis.
Source: Journal of Cranio Maxillofacial Surgery - Category: ENT & OMF Source Type: research