Endoscopically assisted versus open repair of sagittal craniosynostosis: The St. Louis Children's Hospital experience - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-170

  Shah, Manish N ^a   Kane, Alex A ^b   Petersen, J Dayne ^c   Woo, Albert S ^a   Naidoo, Sybill D ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calvarial vault reconstruction; Endoscopy; Molding helmet therapy; Sagittal craniosynostosis; Strip craniectomy; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HELMET THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN CALVARIAL VAULT RECONSTRUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOTOME; OSTEOTOMY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79961105595     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.5.PEDS1128     Document Type: Article

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