About the operative management and post-operative neural development of patients with cloverleaf skull deformity.
Childs Nerv Syst
; 26(9): 1211-8, 2010 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
We present our treatment concept for cloverleaf skull deformity on the basis of two representative cases that had been presented to our multidisciplinary skull deformity board.METHODS:
Perioperatively, we monitored electrophysiologic parameters with median nerve somatosensory-evoked potentials (SSEP), tibial nerve (T) SSEP, brainstem acoustic-evoked potential and flush-elicited visual-evoked potential, as well as intracranial pressure. Both patients underwent decompressive bilateral vault craniectomy, frontal and occipital reshaping at an age of four months.RESULTS:
Secondary fronto-orbital advancement and cranial vault reshaping was performed after maximal vault reossification was reached at an age of 8 and 12 months, respectively. Additionally, one of the patients underwent treatment of a Chiari malformation via suboccipital decompressive craniectomy and tonsillary resection, as well as ventriculoperitoneal shunting for hydrocephalus.DISCUSSION:
The patients showed nearly unrestrained neural and neurophysiological development over a follow-up period of 5 years.
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Assunto principal:
Crânio
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Encéfalo
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Hidrocefalia
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
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Article