title: Cranial reshaping employing distraction and contraction in the treatment of sagittal synostosis.
abstract: We treated four patients with scaphocephaly using a combination of distraction and contraction techniques and achieved satisfactory results. Radial osteotomies in the frontal and occipital bones flattened these abnormal bossing bones and accelerated the disappearance of bony bumps created by distraction. This technique facilitates the achievement of the desired shape of the skull through fine adjustments of the distraction and contraction devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. komuro@med.juntendo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komuro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yanai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyajima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
mesh_terms: D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000379:methods*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome