Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29632790›Full record

ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2017

Use of Multidirectional Cranial Distraction Osteogenesis for Cranial Expansion in Syndromic Craniosynostosis.

Ataru Sunaga, Yasushi Sugawara, Hideaki Kamochi, Akira Gomi, Hirokazu Uda, Shunji Sarukawa, Kotaro Yoshimura

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ataru SunagaDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Urushiyama, Shizuoka, Japan; and Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
Yasushi SugawaraDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Urushiyama, Shizuoka, Japan; and Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
Hideaki KamochiDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Urushiyama, Shizuoka, Japan; and Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
Akira GomiDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Urushiyama, Shizuoka, Japan; and Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
Hirokazu UdaDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Urushiyama, Shizuoka, Japan; and Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
Shunji SarukawaDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Urushiyama, Shizuoka, Japan; and Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
Kotaro YoshimuraDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Plastic Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Urushiyama, Shizuoka, Japan; and Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
Jichi Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with syndromic craniosynostosis often require a large amount of cranial expansion to avoid intracranial hypertension, but the surgical procedure remains controversial. A patient of severe syndromic craniosynostosis with multiple bony defects and anomalous venous drainage at the occipital region was treated by multidirectional cranial distraction osteogenesis (MCDO) at the age of 8 months. Distraction started 5 days after surgery and ceased on postoperative day 16. The distraction devices were removed 27 days after completing distraction. After device removal, the increase of intracranial volume was 155 ml and the cephalic index was improved from 115.5 to 100.5. The resultant cranial shape was well maintained with minimal relapse at postoperative 9 months. In cases of syndromic craniosynostosis with multiple bony defects and/or anomalous venous drainage at the occipital region, expansion of the anterior cranium by MCDO is a viable alternative to conventional methods.

Identifiers

PMID29632790
PMCPMC5889462
OpenAlexW2779852720

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.