Sagittal craniosynostosis: Surgical outcomes and long-term growth

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 532-541

  Fearon, Jeffrey A ^a,b   McLaughlin, Emily B ^a   Kolar, John C ^a  

^a MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b C 700 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CRANIOTOMY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOTOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644850086     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000200774.31311.09     Document Type: Article

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