A series of 50 consecutive children with premature sagittal synostosis is reported. All were treated surgically; 43 were male, 47 were leukodermic and two are siblings. In the pre-operative examination, the head shape, skull measurements and radiologic findings were evaluated; 38 children were operated on before six months of age and 12 of them, between six and 12 months of age. The surgical te...

OBJECTIVE The advent of endoscopic synostectomy has enabled early surgery for infants with craniosynostosis. Even though diagnosis is often made at birth, traditionally been delayed until the infant 3 months age. There have very few published reports this procedure being performed in neonatal period. authors discuss their experience ultra-early synostectomy, defined as an operation aged 8 weeks...

PURPOSE: While modern research on coronal craniosynostosis has vastly widened our breadth of knowledge regarding treatment of the condition, the mechanism underlying the development of the deformity remains uncovered and largely uninvestigated. This study evaluates midface and skull base development in nonsyndromic unilateral coronal synostosis (UCS), focusing on zygomatic and cranial base anat...

The patient was seen regularly and noted to have improvement in frontal appearance with resolution of trigonocephaly at 20-months of age. The frontal width improved to 95mm and intercanthal distance was 33mm. Repeat computed tomography scan showed a metopic ridge, but all prior characteristics of metopic synostosis were no longer present. The pre and post-orthotic therapy interfrontal angle wer...

Congenital foot abnormalities such as syndactyly, polydactyly, and brachymetatarsia are commonly seen by plastic surgeons. There have been reports of cases of congenital synostosis of the foot, with the majority of cases involving the rear foot and midfoot Fig. 2. (A) Cross-section of the giant cutaneous horns (GCH) showing hollowing of conical component with surrounding parakeratosis, calcific...

OBJECTIVE Craniosynostosis (CS) affects about 1 in 2500 infants and is predominantly treated by surgical intervention infancy. Later childhood, many of these children wish to participate sports. However, the safety participation largely anecdotal based on surgeon experience. The objective this survey study was describe sport sport-related head injury CS patients. METHODS A 16-question related c...

Isolated fractures of the ulnar shaft are common forearm injuries. Although seemingly benign, they may be complicated by nonunion, radioulnar synostosis, and loss of motion. Unstable fractures are those that are displaced more than 50 percent, angulated more than 10 degrees, or are located in the proximal third of the ulna. Stable fractures are managed well with forearm bracing. Unstable fractu...