Optimal timing of endoscopic sagittal suturectomy.

Objective: Endoscopic sagittal suturectomy (ESS) is commonly offered for sagittal craniosynostosis in infants, but the optimal timing of surgery remains controversial, with many clinicians only offering ESS surgery before 3 months of age. This study investigated whether patient age predicts craniometric correction and, more specifically, whether patients > 3 months of age at surgery manifest less correction. The effects of age on blood transfusion were also investigated.

Outcomes of reoperation following failed laser ablation surgery for epilepsy in pediatric patients.

Objective: There are significant challenges in the surgical management of pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) has emerged as a less invasive alternative to resection. However, seizure persistence or recurrence following LITT is not uncommon, and there is currently a lack of guidance and consensus on the best way to manage seizure recurrence after LITT for different epilepsy etiologies in children, or for the use of LITT when open resection has left residual epileptogenic tissue.