Closing wedges: a technique for repair of midline craniosynostosis.

Pediatr Neurosurg

Department of Neurosurgery, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Published: June 1992

Description of a surgical technique for sagittal and metopic synostosis utilizing closing skull wedges. The technique and results are outlined. The technique has proven effective when done by 4 months of age.

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