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Case Reports
. 2015 May 12:15:ic26.
eCollection 2015.

The danger of posterior plagiocephaly

Susan Orra  1 , Kashyap Komarraju Tadisina  2 , Bahar Bassiri Gharb  2 , Antonio Rampazzo  2 , Gaby Doumit  2 , Francis Papay  2
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Case Reports

The danger of posterior plagiocephaly

Susan Orra et al. Eplasty. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Back to Sleep campaign; deformational plagiocephaly; distraction osteogenesis; lambdoid craniosynostosis; posterior plagiocephaly.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Preoperative at 22 months old. Asymmetry of the cranium noted in which the cranium is growing superiorly and laterally on the left side of the patient's head due to a fused right lambdoid suture.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Preoperative photograph showing a superior view demonstrating asymmetrical cranial growth of the left side of the patient's head due to a fused lambdoid suture on the right.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Four months postoperative after distraction osteogenesis of the posterior cranial vault (distraction osteogenesis performed for the duration of 2 months).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Photograph demonstrating the incision pattern after 2 months of distraction osteogenesis of the posterior cranial vault.
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