Effect of molding helmet on head shape in nonsurgically treated sagittal craniosynostosis: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 627-631

  Sood, Sandeep ^a   Rozzelle, Arlene ^a   Shaqiri, Blerina ^a   Sood, Natasha ^a   Ham, Steven D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormality; Molding helmet; Sagittal craniosynostosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL INDEX; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEAD SHAPE; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLDING HELMET; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAGITTAL CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958077005     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.4.PEDS116     Document Type: Article

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