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The Expanding Role of Posterior Vault Distraction Osteogenesis in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Slit Ventricle Syndrome.
J Craniofac Surg
November 2021
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
The purpose of this study was to compare perioperative safety and efficacy of posterior vault distraction osteogenesis (PVDO) in patients with primary nonsynostotic cephalo-cranial disproportion, namely slit ventricle syndrome and idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), to a cohort of patients with craniosynostosis (CS). A retrospective review of patients undergoing PVDO from 2009 to 2019 at our institution was performed. Craniosynostosis patients were matched by sex and age at PVDO to the nonsynostotic cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiological Assessment of the Effect of Congenital C3-4 Synostosis on Adjacent Segments.
Asian Spine J
December 2015
Department of Orthopaedic, Dong-In General Hospital, Donghae, Korea.
Study Design: Retrospective case series.
Purpose: To assess the effect of non-kyphotic aligned congenital C3-4 synostosis on the adjacent segment in 10 patients.
Overview Of Literature: In the cervical spine, fusion disease at the adjacent motion segments may be a risk factor for potential neurological compromise and death.
Study Design: A prospective radiographic study of cervical spine with congenital monosegment fusion.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of cervical synostosis on adjacent segments and the vertebral morphology.
Overview Of Literature: There are numerous clinical studies of adjacent segment disease (ASD) after monosegment surgical fusion.
"Turban" nevoid basal cell syndrome is a congenital disease that presents with multiple subepidermal epitheliomas, primarily on the scalp. Other secondary findings may be present such as cysts in the mandible and bifid synostotic rib. A combination of treatments proved beneficial in this disease.
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