Evaluation of the clinical efficacy of minimally invasive endoscopic surgery in the treatment of isolated non-syndromic sagittal synostosis in infants

• Published in: Zhong hua yi xue za zhi Vol. 103; no. 24; p. 1860
• Main Authors: Li, G, Wang, G, Gao, Z, Zheng, L, Yan, Q, Zhang, X L, Qiu, D Z
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 27.06.2023
• Subjects: Craniosynostoses - surgery; Craniotomy - methods; Endoscopy - methods; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Retrospective Studies; Skull - surgery; Treatment Outcome
• ISSN: 0376-2491
• DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20221215-02657

The current study aimed to evaluate the early efficacy in infants with isolated non-syndromic sagittal synostosis who underwent minimally invasive endoscopic-assisted surgery. The clinical data of infants with isolated non-syndromic sagittal synostosis who were admitted to the Department of Neurosurgery of the Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and underwent endoscopic-assisted surgery from October 2018 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. All the infants underwent minimally invasive endoscopic-assisted surgery, and were treated with supine sleeping position after surgery. Computer-aided reconstruction technique was used to reconstruct and measure the thin-slice CT scan images of the head before and 3 months after surgery, and the differences in cranial index (CI), cranial cavity volume and angle drawn between the cranial vertex, nasion, and opisthocranion (VNO angle) of preoperative and postoperative groups were analyzed. A total of 103 infants were included in the final analysis, i