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Results and limits of posterior cranial vault expansion by osteotomy and internal distractors

BACKGROUND: Expanding the posterior cranial vault has become a common procedure in the treatment of complex craniosynostosis. Several techniques are available to remodel the posterior vault. Aim of this study was to analyze the posterior vault distraction osteogenesis. METHODS: Between 2011 and 2014...

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Autores principales: Rocco, Federico Di, Usami, Kenichi, Protzenko, Tatiana, Collet, Corinne, Giraudat, Kim, Arnaud, Eric
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6219288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30505619
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_465_17
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author Rocco, Federico Di
Usami, Kenichi
Protzenko, Tatiana
Collet, Corinne
Giraudat, Kim
Arnaud, Eric
author_facet Rocco, Federico Di
Usami, Kenichi
Protzenko, Tatiana
Collet, Corinne
Giraudat, Kim
Arnaud, Eric
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description BACKGROUND: Expanding the posterior cranial vault has become a common procedure in the treatment of complex craniosynostosis. Several techniques are available to remodel the posterior vault. Aim of this study was to analyze the posterior vault distraction osteogenesis. METHODS: Between 2011 and 2014, 21 children (12 boys) were operated on for a posterior distraction of the cranial vault. The mean age was 8.6 months (minimum, 3 months; maximum, 15 years). Thirteen patients presented a craniofacial syndrome. Five had already been operated on (two anterior cranial surgery, two suboccipital decompression, and one craniotomy for sagittal synostosis). Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) was present in 6 patients. Seven patients had symptomatic cerebellar tonsils herniation (TH). RESULTS: In 17 children, 2 lateral distractors were placed, in 3 a 3(rd) medial distractor was placed, and in 1 child 4 distractors were implanted. Volumetric analysis based on computed tomography showed a mean increase of volume of 13.9% 117 days later. After the distraction, symptoms related to raised ICP or TH were improved in all patients, however, radiologically TH was improved at the last follow-up in 54% of the cases. CONCLUSION: Posterior cranial vault distraction is an efficacious technique to enlarge the posterior skull vault and treat increased ICP. Moreover, it appears to be efficacious in treating TH-related symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-62192882018-11-30 Results and limits of posterior cranial vault expansion by osteotomy and internal distractors Rocco, Federico Di Usami, Kenichi Protzenko, Tatiana Collet, Corinne Giraudat, Kim Arnaud, Eric Surg Neurol Int Pediatric Neurosurgery: Original Article BACKGROUND: Expanding the posterior cranial vault has become a common procedure in the treatment of complex craniosynostosis. Several techniques are available to remodel the posterior vault. Aim of this study was to analyze the posterior vault distraction osteogenesis. METHODS: Between 2011 and 2014, 21 children (12 boys) were operated on for a posterior distraction of the cranial vault. The mean age was 8.6 months (minimum, 3 months; maximum, 15 years). Thirteen patients presented a craniofacial syndrome. Five had already been operated on (two anterior cranial surgery, two suboccipital decompression, and one craniotomy for sagittal synostosis). Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) was present in 6 patients. Seven patients had symptomatic cerebellar tonsils herniation (TH). RESULTS: In 17 children, 2 lateral distractors were placed, in 3 a 3(rd) medial distractor was placed, and in 1 child 4 distractors were implanted. Volumetric analysis based on computed tomography showed a mean increase of volume of 13.9% 117 days later. After the distraction, symptoms related to raised ICP or TH were improved in all patients, however, radiologically TH was improved at the last follow-up in 54% of the cases. CONCLUSION: Posterior cranial vault distraction is an efficacious technique to enlarge the posterior skull vault and treat increased ICP. Moreover, it appears to be efficacious in treating TH-related symptoms. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6219288/ /pubmed/30505619 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_465_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Pediatric Neurosurgery: Original Article
Rocco, Federico Di
Usami, Kenichi
Protzenko, Tatiana
Collet, Corinne
Giraudat, Kim
Arnaud, Eric
Results and limits of posterior cranial vault expansion by osteotomy and internal distractors
title Results and limits of posterior cranial vault expansion by osteotomy and internal distractors
title_full Results and limits of posterior cranial vault expansion by osteotomy and internal distractors
title_fullStr Results and limits of posterior cranial vault expansion by osteotomy and internal distractors
title_full_unstemmed Results and limits of posterior cranial vault expansion by osteotomy and internal distractors
title_short Results and limits of posterior cranial vault expansion by osteotomy and internal distractors
title_sort results and limits of posterior cranial vault expansion by osteotomy and internal distractors
topic Pediatric Neurosurgery: Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6219288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30505619
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_465_17
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