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Osteotomy

Research reports on osteotomy from C. Davis and colleagues provide new insights

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, February 13th, 2009

"Scaphocephaly is usually due to sagittal synostosis. Scaphocephaly may also be seen in the presence of a nonsynostosed sagittal suture," investigators in Wellington, New Zealand report.

"In this situation traditional surgery is controversial due to the altered risk-benefit profile. This paper reports the first known series of patients with nonsynostotic scaphocephaly treated using spring assisted expansion of the sagittal suture. All patients referred to our craniofacial program over the period February 2005-February 2008 were retrospectively reviewed. Eleven patients were seen with nonsynostotic scaphocephaly. Seven patients underwent spring expansion of the sagittal...

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