Endoscopic cranial suture release for the treatment of craniosynostosis-is it the future?

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-228

  Proctor, Mark R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN; CATHETERIZATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPY; FORECASTING; FRONTAL BONE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, INTRATRACHEAL; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BONE WIRES; BOSTON; BRAIN; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPY; FORECASTING; FRONTAL BONE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; PARIETAL BONE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864090040     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318241b8f6     Document Type: Article

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