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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 9/2012

01-09-2012 | Special Annual Issue

Frontal–orbital advancement for the management of anterior plagiocephaly

Authors: Hamilton Matushita, Nivaldo Alonso, Daniel Dante Cardeal, Fernanda de Andrade

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 9/2012

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Abstract

Purposes

The main purposes of this manuscript are to provide an overview of various modalities of surgical correction of anterior plagiocephaly and to emphasize their differences with the classic open frontal–orbital advancement.

Methods and Results

Advancement of technology provides development of many other ways to achieve the same results. The authors describe the classic open frontal–orbital advancement and compare with other proposed techniques for correction of frontal plagiocephaly. The main limitation of the use of new forms of treatment of the anterior plagiocephaly is the age of the patient. There is still no consensus on criteria for quantitative evaluation of surgical results, and new forms of treatment do not present results with long follow-up.

Conclusion

Frontal–orbital advancement is the preferred procedure to correct unicoronal synostosis due to its universal indication regardless of the age and degree of deformation of the anterior plagiocephaly.
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Metadata
Title
Frontal–orbital advancement for the management of anterior plagiocephaly
Authors
Hamilton Matushita
Nivaldo Alonso
Daniel Dante Cardeal
Fernanda de Andrade
Publication date
01-09-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 9/2012
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1765-1

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