Posterior calvarial augmentation in premature craniosynostosis: a technique avoiding foreign implants or free bone flaps.
BACKGROUND
A surgical technique of posterior calvarial augmentation without the use of plates or screws and avoiding the formation of free bone flaps is described.


CONCLUSIONS
Three infants with strong occipital flattening successfully underwent the procedure in their first year of life. There were no intra- or postoperative complications; the amelioration of the head shape and the cosmetic results in all three cases were convincing also in the long term.


CONCLUSIONS
The proposed surgical technique is both feasible and effective; it is recommended for infants with marked flat deformation of the posterior calvaria in the first year of life.
Wagner
Wolfgang
W
Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Universitätsmedizin, Mainz, Germany. wagner@nc.klinik.uni-mainz.de
Schwandt
Eike
E
Huthmann
Alexandra
A
Vulcu
Sonja
S
Tschan
Christoph
C
D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D059041:Plagiocephaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed