Total Vertex Craniectomy for the Treatment of Scaphocephaly
Abstract
Sutural stripping, morcellation, subtotal craniectomy, and even subtemporal decompression, have been employed in the treatment of sagittal synostosis. This report describes a further modification of past techniques, the total vertex craniectomy. This procedure, employed in 9 patients, has achieved uniformly excellent cosmetic results.
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The main purpose of open surgery remains the removal of the ossified suture, with more or less invasive steps added to reshape the skull deformity.
“Despite the more or less invasive individual surgical techniques, the main purpose of open surgery remains the removal of the ossified suture, to which more or less invasive steps are then added to reshape the skull deformity that constitutes the clinical picture of ISS [40,41,42,43,44,45].”
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- Authors
- Epstein, N., Epstein, F., & Newman, G.
- Affiliations
- NYU Langone Health (US)
- Long Island Jewish Medical Center (US)
- Venue
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Published
- 1982
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 309-316
- ISSN
- 1016-2291 (ISSN-L)
- 1423-0305
- OpenAlex
- W1998547573
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Pediatric Neurosurgery (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques
- Keywords
- scaphocephaly, sagittal synostosis, craniosynostosis, morcellation, subtemporal decompression, cosmetic outcome
- MeSH terms
- Craniotomy, Humans, Infant, Radiography, Synostosis
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