title: Surgical management of craniosynostosis.
abstract: With an incidence of approximately 1 in 2,000 per head of population, most neurosurgeons are presented at times with the problem of craniosynostosis. This paper summarises the different clinical effects of different skull deformities, and describes the present state of the art with regard to surgical management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospitals, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hockley
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wake
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goldin
mesh_terms: D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure