Distraction Osteogenesis With Temporal Bone Remodeling For Unicoronal Craniosynostosis

Authors

Phuong D Nguyen
Ahmed Belal
George N Washington
Matthew R Greives
David I Sandberg
Stephen A Fletcher
Manish N Shah

Publication Date

4-1-2021

Journal

Neurosurgery Focus: Video

Abstract

Unicoronal craniosynostosis correction with fronto-orbital advancement and cranial vault remodeling has traditionally been the gold standard. Distraction osteogenesis has the advantage of increased size of movement without constriction of the scalp and decreased morbidity. Although fronto-orbital advancement and cranial vault remodeling are usually performed at 6 months of age or later, distraction osteogenesis is performed at a younger age, between 3 and 6 months, to take advantage of the infant bony physiology. Herein, the authors demonstrate a case of distraction osteogenesis for unicoronal craniosynostosis in a 3-month-old female with significant improvement of her orbital, nasal, and frontal symmetry.

The video can be found here: https://vimeo.com/519047922

Keywords

unicoronal craniosynostosis, distraction osteogenesis, minimally invasive technique

DOI

10.3171/2021.1.FOCVID20121

PMID

36284852

PMCID

PMC9542490

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

April 2021

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Published Open-Access

yes