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Use of Distraction Osteogenesis to Change Endocranial Morphology in Unilateral Coronal Craniosynostosis Patients
- Source :
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; September 2010, Vol. 126 Issue: 3 p995-1004, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- The endocranial morphology of the skull base is an important factor in determining craniofacial asymmetry. Moreover, although the patency of cranial suture would be the first determining factor, unicoronal, unilambdoid synostosis and deformational plagiocephaly can also be differentiated by means of axis angulation of anterior and posterior cranial fossa. These findings indicate the importance of endocranial morphology in craniofacial asymmetry. The authors hypothesized that distraction of the skull base might cause stress on the skull base that could modify skull base angulation deformities.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00321052 and 15294242
- Volume :
- 126
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs49213526
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181e6c4b7