External cranial vault molding after craniofacial surgery

Many congenital cranial vault deformities are only incompletely corrected by currently available surgical techniques. The supplementary use of external cranial vault molding devices after these surgical techniques, however, has resulted in consistently improved cranial vault from over what could be...

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Published inAnnals of plastic surgery Vol. 17; no. 4; p. 274
Main Authors Persing, J A, Nichter, L S, Jane, J A, Edgerton, Jr, M T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1986
Subjects
Abnormalities, Multiple - surgery
Cranial Sutures - abnormalities
Craniofacial Dysostosis - surgery
Craniosynostoses - surgery
Equipment Design
Facial Bones - surgery
Female
Goldenhar Syndrome - surgery
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Polymers
Postoperative Care - instrumentation
Skull - surgery
Syndrome
Synostosis - surgery
Terpenes
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Summary:Many congenital cranial vault deformities are only incompletely corrected by currently available surgical techniques. The supplementary use of external cranial vault molding devices after these surgical techniques, however, has resulted in consistently improved cranial vault from over what could be achieved by operation alone. These devices are inexpensive, easily individualized to abnormal skull shapes, and well tolerated by young patients.
ISSN:0148-7043
DOI:10.1097/00000637-198610000-00002