The shell technique: Bilateral fronto-orbital reshaping in trigonocephaly

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2189-2194

  Di Rocco, Concezio ^a   Frassanito, Paolo ^a   Tamburrini, Gianpiero ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Metopic; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE REGENERATION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE DEFORMITY; HUMAN; HYPOTELORISM; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHELL TECHNIQUE; SKIN FLAP; SKULL DEFECT; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGONOCEPHALY;

CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; HUMANS; OSTEOTOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL;

EID: 84890571025     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1766-0     Document Type: Article

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