Unilateral Pterional Polycraniosynostosis Treated with Craniectomy and Helmet Therapy

Craniosynostosis is a condition in which one or more of the cranial sutures have fused prematurely, affecting the growth pattern and contours of the infant skull. The pterion is the junction of temporal, frontal, parietal, and sphenoid bones of the skull. We present a case of unilateral pterional cr...

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Autores principales: Law, Jenaleen, Marucci, Damian D., Gates, Robert J., Fowler, Adam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5340495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28280680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001245
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author Law, Jenaleen
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description Craniosynostosis is a condition in which one or more of the cranial sutures have fused prematurely, affecting the growth pattern and contours of the infant skull. The pterion is the junction of temporal, frontal, parietal, and sphenoid bones of the skull. We present a case of unilateral pterional craniosynostosis, which was treated with strip craniectomy and helmet therapy.
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spelling pubmed-53404952017-03-09 Unilateral Pterional Polycraniosynostosis Treated with Craniectomy and Helmet Therapy Law, Jenaleen Marucci, Damian D. Gates, Robert J. Fowler, Adam Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Case Report Craniosynostosis is a condition in which one or more of the cranial sutures have fused prematurely, affecting the growth pattern and contours of the infant skull. The pterion is the junction of temporal, frontal, parietal, and sphenoid bones of the skull. We present a case of unilateral pterional craniosynostosis, which was treated with strip craniectomy and helmet therapy. Wolters Kluwer Health 2017-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5340495/ /pubmed/28280680 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001245 Text en Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Unilateral Pterional Polycraniosynostosis Treated with Craniectomy and Helmet Therapy
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