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  • Title: [The correction of fronto-orbital deformity in infant craniosynostosis--a one year experience].
    Author: Teng L, Holmes AD, Heggie AA.
    Journal: Zhonghua Zheng Xing Wai Ke Za Zhi; 2004 Sep; 20(5):336-9. PubMed ID: 15623098.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correction of fronto-orbital deformation in infant craniosynostosis and to discuss the timing of treatment and surgical technique. METHODS: Eleven consecutive patients with craniosynostoses underwent bilateral fronto-orbital osteotomies and advancement via coronal approaches. There were two females and 9 males with an age range from 6 to 9 months. Among the patients, six had trigonocephaly secondary to metopic synostosis, two had non-syndromic plagiocephaly secondary to unilateral coronal synostosis, one had turricephaly secondary to multi-sutural synostosis and two patients had brachycephaly due to syndromic synostosis (Apert syndrome and Saethre-Chotzen syndrome). RESULTS: The shape of forehead, bilateral orbit and bilateral temples in all patients markedly improved with 2-11 months follow-up. There were not obvious complications except that the unilateral parietal bossing happened to the child with turricephaly postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: Satisfactory results show that fronto-orbital advancement is safe and effective way to correct frontal and orbital retrusion secondary to craniosynostosis.
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