[Early surgical management of fronto-orbital retrusion in craniosynostosis].
OBJECTIVE
To discuss the early surgical treatment of fronto-orbital retrusion in craniosynostosis.


METHODS
Operative techniques including "C" fronto-orbital osteotomies and advancement, frontal radially oriented osteotomies and remoulding were performed to correct the fronto-orbital retrusion. Ten patients aged from 6-9 months were included. There were two metopic synostosis, three unilateral coronal synostosis, three bilateral coronal synostosis, one Apert syndromic synostosis and one Crouzon syndromic synostosis.


RESULTS
Fronto-orbital deformities of all patients were corrected. There were no complications happened in these patients. The post-operation results were kept well for 3-11 months follow-up in 8 cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Fronto-orbital osteotomies and advancement and frontal reshaping were effective to correct fronto-orbital retrusion in craniosynostosis.
Bo
Bin
B
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China. bobin@fmmu.edu.cn
Persing
John
J
D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome