Ocular and adnexal complications of unilateral orbital advancement for plagiocephaly.
Strabismus, ptosis, lateral canthal dystopia, nasolacrimal obstruction, and cranial nerve palsy were noted preoperatively in 32%, 21%, 14%, 12%, and 9% of 34 patients, respectively, undergoing ophthalmologic evaluation prior to unilateral orbital advancement for plagiocephaly. Thirty-two percent of the patients had normal preoperative ocular and adnexal examination results. Ptosis, strabismus, and amblyopia were frequently acquired postoperative abnormalities in 29%, 18%, and 18% of the patients, respectively. Forty-four percent of the patients had no new abnormalities following craniofacial surgery.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003394:Craniofacial Dysostosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology