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. 2024 Feb 5.
doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009988. Online ahead of print.

Surgical Treatment of Anterior Plagiocephaly With Limited Calvarial Osteotomy

Abdoljalil Kalantar Hormozi  1 , Ehsan Moradi  2 , Ahmad Rahnama  1 , Mehran Noori  1 , Hadis Kalantar Hormozi  3
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Surgical Treatment of Anterior Plagiocephaly With Limited Calvarial Osteotomy

Abdoljalil Kalantar Hormozi et al. J Craniofac Surg. .

Abstract

Objective: Anterior plagiocephaly is a condition in which the unicoronal suture is prematurely fused and the skull shape will change due to asymmetric growth.

Methods: This is a retrospective study describing the unilateral limited frontal osteotomy for remodeling deformed areas in the frontal and orbital bone and its pros and cons.

Results: Twenty-eight patients were included in the study, with a mean age of 16.8 (±11.7) months. Mean intraoperative bleeding was 78.1 (±23.6) mL. One (3.57%) patient developed postoperative bleeding, around 200 mL. After 12 months, all patients (100%) had grade I Whitaker.

Conclusion: The described technique is safe and may have promising short-term outcomes for the correction of anterior plagiocephaly.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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