Molding helmet therapy in the management of sagittal synostosis

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 631-635

  Seymour Dempsey, Kelly ^a   Baumgartner, James E ^a   Teichgraeber, John F ^a   Xia, James J ^a,b   Waller, Amy L ^a   Gateno, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DENTAL BRANCH AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalic index; Craniosynostosis; Dynamic orthotic cranioplasty (DOC); Orthotic device; Sagittal synostosis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CEPHALIC INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORTHOTICS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CEPHALOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOTOMY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SKULL; STATISTICS;

CEPHALOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARIETAL BONE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036717071     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200209000-00007     Document Type: Article

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