Fronto-orbital re-operation in craniosynostosis.
The need for fronto-orbital re-advancement is reported from all cases of craniosynostosis operated on in the Birmingham and Oxford Craniofacial Units since 1979. Analysis of the 219 cases demonstrates a significantly higher re-operation rate in cases of syndromal craniofacial dysostosis or unilateral coronal synostosis initially operated on below the age of 6 months. Mild bicoronal, sagittal and metopic synostotic cases, however, did uniformly well with the timing of initial surgery having little influence on the re-operation rates.
Wall
S A
SA
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Goldin
J H
JH
Hockley
A D
AD
Wake
M J
MJ
Poole
M D
MD
Briggs
M
M
D000367:Age Factors; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*