1. Modified Technique to Protect the Superior Sagittal Sinus in Cranial Vault Reconstruction for Scaphocephaly
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Leopoldina Peixoto Pereira, Joana Oliveira, Patrícia Santos, Patrícia Polónia, Rui Vaz, and Josué Pereira
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scaphocephaly ,superior sagittal sinus ,escafocefalia ,seio sagital superior ,Medicine ,Surgery ,RD1-811 - Abstract
Scaphocephaly remains the most prevalent form of isolated single-suture synostosis. In most Pediatric Neurosurgery Centers, the treatment consists of extensive calvarial reshaping operations which are performed in relatively late ages. We described a modified open technique of cranial vault reconstruction for scaphocephaly and we report the anesthetic approach and how it influences our results and enables the performance of this surgery at earlier ages. A total of 47 patients with an average age of 11 ± 2.72 months underwent to the same surgical technique. Blood transfusion during the surgical intervention was needed in 25 patients (53%), and 22 patients (46.8%) did not need blood transfusion. None of the 14 patients who used tranexamic acid (TXA) needed blood transfusions. We reported a statistically significant association between the use of TXA and blood transfusion (p
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- 2024
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