Craniofacial surgery: complications and their prevention.
This article focuses on the management of perioperative complications in surgery dealing with structures of the craniofacial complex. A brief review of applicable surgical techniques is given, beginning with single-suture craniosynostoses and moving on to the more complex syndromic craniofacial disorders. Distinctive complications associated with each technique are discussed.
Goodrich
James Tait
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Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Leo Davidoff Department of Neurological Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, 111 East 210th Street, New York, NY 10467, USA.
D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000209:etiology*; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors