ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2021
Posterior vault "free-floating" bone flap: indications, technique, advantages, and drawbacks.
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- Open surgery in lambdoid-related plagiocephaly: detailed techniques, risks, and long-term results.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Review
- Highlighting posterior cranial vault expansion remodeling for treating various types of craniosynostosis in children.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Article
- Hinge Craniotomy for Posterior Cranial Vault Expansion: Using the Keel to the Surgeon's Advantage.Cureus · 2024Article
- Syndromic Craniosynostosis: A Comprehensive Review.Cureus · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe enlargement of the posterior cranial fossa volume is considered one of the main steps of the surgical management of children with multiple sutures craniosynostosis. Different management options have been proposed including fixed expansive craniotomy, free bone flap craniotomy, and distraction osteogenesis.
objectivesTo review indications to "free bone flap" craniotomy for the posterior fossa expansion, detailing advantages, disadvantages, and complications related to the technique. RESULTS AND
conclusionsA review of the literature shows that "free bone flap" posterior expansion cranioplasty still has a role, particularly in infants with thin and "honeycomb" structure of the bone, allowing to gain adequate intracranial volume increases and to postpone to a more adequate time surgery aimed at anterior cranial fossa expansion.
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