Surgery
Investigators at Medical Academy have published new data on surgery in children
Published in Medical Device Business Week, July 18th, 2007
Researchers detail in "Modeling of scaphocephaly using superelastic titanium-nickel rings: a preliminary report," new data in surgery. "As long as resection of sagittal suture eliminates craniostenosis it leads to desired cranium broadening and shortening solely in the case of children under six months of age. In the majority of cases, especially in older children, boat-shaped cranium remains rather unchanged and its effective modeling requires extensive dissection and osteotomy of the whole cranium vault (e.g., frontal, occipital and parietal bones)," scientists writing in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery report.
"Lauritzen's method is an alternative...
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