Unilateral coronal synostosis treated by internal forehead distraction

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 467-471

  Kobayashi, Seiichiro ^a,b   Honda, Takayuki ^a,b   Saitoh, Atushi ^a,b   Kashiwa, Katuhiko ^a,b  

^a Iwate Medical University ^*

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distraction osteogenesis; Internal distraction device; Plagiocephaly; Synostosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CEMENTUM; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DISSECTION; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; INCISION; INFANT; OPERATION DURATION; ORBIT; OSTEOTOMY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0032786355     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-199911000-00002     Document Type: Article

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