Evolution of operative techniques for the treatment of single-suture metopic synostosis

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-13

  Selber, Jesse ^a   Reid, Russell R ^a   Gershman, Borris ^a   Sonnad, Seema S ^a,b   Sutton, Leslie N ^a   Whitaker, Linton A ^a   Bartlett, Scott P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniostynostosis; Metopic synostosis; Orbitocranial advancement; Supraorbital bar; Trigonocephaly

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COVARIANCE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOSTOSIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURES; SYNOSTOSIS; TITANIUM;

EID: 34250837965     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000264836.54760.32     Document Type: Article

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