Changes in frontal morphology after single-stage open posterior-middle vault expansion for sagittal craniosynostosis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 504-516

  Khechoyan, David ^a,b   Schook, Carolyn ^a,b   Birgfeld, Craig B ^a,b   Khosla, Rohit K ^a,b   Saltzman, Babette ^a,b   Teng, Chia Chi ^a,b   Ettinger, Russell ^a,b   Gruss, Joseph S ^a,b   Ellenbogen, Richard ^a,b   Hopper, Richard A ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856756268     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31823aec1d     Document Type: Article

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