Three-dimensional cranial expansion using distraction osteogenesis for oxycephaly.
Oxycephaly is associated with raised intracranial pressure as a result of the fusion of multiple cranial sutures. We have performed an effective and less invasive cranial expansion by means of three-dimensional cranial distraction for the treatment of oxycephaly with suspicion of increased intracranial pressure. We describe two oxycephaly cases and the surgical technique of three-dimensional cranial expansion using distraction osteogenesis.
Uemura
Tetsuji
T
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima, Saga, Japan. uemurat@post.saga-med.ac.jp
Hayashi
Takashi
T
Satoh
Kaneshige
K
Mitsukawa
Nobuyuki
N
Yoshikawa
Atsushige
A
Suse
Tadayuki
T
Furukawa
Yoshihiko
Y
D020341:Absorbable Implants; D001860:Bone Plates; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D001863:Bone Screws; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003393:Cranial Sutures / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000601:surgery; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery