title: [3-Dimensional CT for preoperative measurement and postoperative assessment in craniosynostosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the significance of 3-dimensional (3-D) CT for preoperative measurement and postoperative assessment in craniosynostosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  17 cases with craniosynostosis underwent 3-D CT reconstruction. The 3-D images were used to perform cephalometry. The cases included brachycephalic, caphocephalia, plagiocephaly. The CVAI must be measured for plagiocephaly. Measurement results were compared before and after operation in 9 cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The bone segments were advanced 1.5 - 3 cm in brachycephalic, retruded 2 - 4 cm in scaphocephalic, moved back and forth about 2 cm in plagiocephaly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Preoperative 3-D CT reconstruction and measurement can be used to design the advancement distance of bone flap and orbito-frontal bone bridge, as well as to estimate the treatment results before operation.
authors.affiliation: Burn and Plastic Department of Nanjing Children Hospital Affiliated to Nanning Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China. swmswmswm@sina.com
authors.forename: Wei-Min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Jian-Bing
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed