Publications by authors named "H L Crowder"
Facial nerve dysfunction (FND) is a well-recognized but poorly documented complication of mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO) for Robin sequence (RS). This study aims to document the authors' experiences with FND and identify risk factors associated with this adverse event. A retrospective review of a prospectively gathered database was performed to identify patients with RS who underwent MDO at the authors' institution from March 2016 to June 2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Evaluate infants with Robin Sequence (RS) who were successfully treated with conservative airway measures alone vs. those who failed and eventually underwent surgical airway intervention after a protracted course of conservative management.
Design: Retrospective review of prospectively gathered database.
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- This study evaluates factors that may lead to the need for additional imaging to diagnose peritonsillar abscesses (PTA) after an ultrasound.
- Among 411 patients reviewed, those requiring further imaging were younger and had more limited neck movement, which was linked to longer hospital stays and a higher likelihood of surgery.
- The findings highlight specific characteristics that could predict which patients might need secondary imaging, suggesting that while ultrasound is effective, supplementary imaging can be beneficial in certain cases.
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- Deep learning (DL) models for automatic segmentation can save time but need extensive fine-tuning for new datasets; this study evaluates their ability to work without such adjustments.
- The researchers tested pretrained DL models on different datasets that varied by scanner type and patient characteristics, including healthy individuals and those with knee issues.
- Results showed that the DL model trained specifically on qDESS data outperformed the one trained on Osteoarthritis Initiative data in terms of segmentation accuracy and agreement with manual measurements.
Normocephalic sagittal craniosynostosis in young children is common and unrecognized.
Childs Nerv Syst
August 2022
Objective: Sagittal craniosynostosis (SC) is usually diagnosed during early childhood by the presence of scaphocephaly. Recently, our group found 3.3% of children under 5 years of age with normocephalic sagittal craniosynostosis (NSC) using computed tomography (CT) scans.
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