Management of sagittal synostosis in the Synostosis Research Group: baseline data and early outcomes

CONCLUSIONS: The baseline severity of scaphocephaly was similar across procedures and sites. Treatment methods varied, but cranial vault remodeling and strip craniectomy both resulted in satisfactory postoperative CIs. Use of tranexamic acid may reduce the need for transfusion in cranial vault cases. The wide craniectomy technique for strip craniectomy seemed to be associated with change in CI. Both findings seem amenable to testing in a randomized controlled trial.PMID:33794498 | DOI:10.3171/2021.1.FOCUS201029

Source: Neurosurgical Focus - April 1, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Cordell M Baker Vijay M Ravindra Barbu Gociman Faizi A Siddiqi Jesse A Goldstein Matthew D Smyth Amy Lee Richard C E Anderson Kamlesh B Patel Craig Birgfeld Ian F Pollack Thomas Imahiyerobo John R W Kestle Synostosis Research Group Source Type: research