Surgical correction of trigonocephaly: Theoretical basis and operative procedures

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 110-115

  Moriyama, Eiji ^a   Beck, Hiroichi ^a   Iseda, Keiichi ^a   Saitoh, Nobuyuki ^a   Sakurai, Masaru ^b   Matsumoto, Yuzo ^b  

^a Fukuyama National Hospital   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Lateral canthal advancement; Metopic synostosis; Radical forehead remodeling; Trigonocephaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HYPOTELORISM; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORBIT; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL MALFORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031891414     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.110     Document Type: Article

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