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ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2023

Re-imagining early cloverleaf skull deformity management from front to back approach-30 years on.

Mark H Moore, Sarut Chaisrisawadisuk, Inthira Khampalikit, Xenia Doorenbosch, Alistair Jukes, Cindy J Molloy

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Review in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Secondary metopic craniosynostosis after posterior cranial decompression in cloverleaf skull deformity.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mark H MooreCleft and Craniofacial SA, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2136-0315
Sarut ChaisrisawadisukCleft and Craniofacial SA, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. sarut.cha@mahidol.ac.th.ORCID 0000-0001-6040-0784
Inthira KhampalikitDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-3931-937X
Xenia DoorenboschDepartment of Neurosurgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Alistair JukesDepartment of Neurosurgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Cindy J MolloyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Women's and Children's Hospital · AUSiriraj Hospital · TH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cloverleaf skull deformity remains among the most complicated craniofacial conditions to successfully manage. Many cases achieve largely unsatisfactory outcomes due to the requirement for frequent reoperation on the cranial vault and failure to deal with all the elements of the craniofaciostenosis in a timely fashion. Early cranial vault surgery without addressing the cranial base deformity and its attendant cerebrospinal fluid flow changes is invariably challenging and disappointing. A recent focus on the expansion of the posterior cranial vault as a primary procedure with the greater volume change allows a delay in fronto-orbital advancement and reduced need for repeat surgery. We herein describe three cases of complex multisuture craniosynostosis with cloverleaf skull deformity who underwent neonatal posterior cranial vault decompression along with foramen magnum decompression. Our report examines the safety and rationale for this pre-emptive surgical approach to simultaneously deal with the cranial vault and craniocervical junction abnormalities and thus change the early trajectory of these complex cases.

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CraniosynostosesHumansInfantInfant, NewbornReoperationSkullCloverleaf skull syndromeCraniofacial abnormalitiesDecompressive craniectomyForamen magnum

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PMID37698651
OpenAlexW4386624430

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