title: Latest trends in minimally invasive synostosis surgery: a review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the current surgical options for minimally invasive surgery for treatment of craniosynostosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Minimally invasive procedures are well tolerated treatment options for patients with craniosynostosis. Suturectomy and helmet therapy is a treatment option for scaphocephaly with minimal blood loss and length of hospital stay. Spring-mediated cranioplasty is, in addition, a well tolerated and effective treatment option for scaphocephaly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with multiple suture craniosynostosis, surgical techniques that utilize spring-assisted surgery can provide decreased morbidity with better bone formation made available for a second operation. Continued basic science research and clinical studies will expand the use and provide further minimally invasive procedures to infants with craniosynostosis.
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest Baptist Medical School, Department of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanger
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Argenta
mesh_terms: D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000639:trends*; D006260:Head Protective Devices; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D059032:Learning Curve; D007902:Length of Stay; D012086:Reoperation; D013536:Suture Techniques