This article provides an overview of the diagnosis and management of infants with
craniosynostosis. This review also incorporates some of the treatment philosophies followed …

Over the past 30 years, distraction forces have been applied to the spectrum of craniofacial
osteotomies. It is now time to assess critically the current understanding of distraction in …

Crouzon, Apert, Pfeiffer, Muenke, and Saethre-Chotzen syndromes are the five most
common forms of syndromic craniosynostosis. Although each has different genetic …

Background: Posterior cranial vault distraction osteogenesis has replaced fronto-orbital
advancement in some centers as the first-line treatment in patients with syndromic …

Background: The authors hypothesize that early posterior vault distraction osteogenesis
safely confers considerable cranial vault remodeling, sufficient to enable fronto-orbital …

Patients with syndromic craniosynostosis have a molecularly identified genetic cause for the
premature closure of their cranial sutures and associated facial and extra-cranial features …

In 1984, two young infants with unusual “clover-leaf” patterns of skull deformity were treated
by posterior skull-releasing surgery that dramatically improved their overall skull shape, to …

Background: Distraction osteogenesis has been proposed as an alternative to cranial
remodeling surgery for craniosynostosis, but technique descriptions and outcome analyses …

Background The use of posterior cranial vault distraction for the treatment of elevated
intracranial pressure is gaining popularity and is a standard for first-stage cranial expansion …

Background: Posterior vault distraction osteogenesis (PVDO) is believed to improve frontal
contour in infants with syndromic craniosynostosis and turribrachycephaly. This study …