Raised intracranial pressure is frequent in untreated nonsyndromic unicoronal synostosis and does not correlate with severity of phenotypic features.

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BACKGROUND: In a small number of children with unicoronal synostosis, the phenotype is mild and the aesthetic benefit of surgical correction is potentially outweighed by surgical risk. Raised intracranial pressure, however, would necessitate intervention. The authors documented the incidence of raised intracranial pressure in children with mild features and/or parental reluctance to proceed directly to surgery. METHODS: A retrospective review of all children with (1) a clinical diagnosis of n...

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Authors: Eley, K; Johnson, D; Wilkie, A; Jayamohan, J; Richards, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Plastic and reconstructive surgery
• Volume: 130
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 690e-697e
• Publication date: 2012-11-01
• DOI: 10.1097/prs.0b013e318267d5ae
• EISSN: 1529-4242
• ISSN: 0032-1052
• Language: English
• Keywords: Infant; Male; Humans; Retrospective Studies; Craniosynostoses; Intracranial Hypertension; Phenotype; Female; Child; Child, Preschool