Unilateral craniosynostosis of the frontosphenoidal suture: A case report and a review of literature

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 162-166

  Plooij, Joanneke M ^a   Verhamme, Yvette ^a   Bergé, Stefaan J ^a   van Lindert, Erik J ^a   Borstlap Engels, Veronique M F ^a   Borstlap, Wilfred A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D stereophotogrammetry; computer assisted 3D imaging; craniomaxillofacial surgery; craniosynostosis; frontosphenoidal suture; plagiocephaly

Indexed keywords

BOY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; FRONTAL PLAGIOCEPHALY; FRONTOSPHENOIDAL SUTURE CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLAGIOCEPHALY; REVIEW; SKULL; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL MALFORMATION; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SPHENOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61449246390     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2008.10.005     Document Type: Review

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