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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2023; 56(05): 461-465
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1774789
Case Report

Spring-Assisted Cranial Expansion for Multisuture Craniosynostosis: First Case Report from the Indian Subcontinent

Rajendra S. Gujjalanavar
1   Department of Plastic Surgery, Sakra World Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
,
Rajalaxmi Doddamani
1   Department of Plastic Surgery, Sakra World Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
,
Vybhav Deraje 
1   Department of Plastic Surgery, Sakra World Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
,
Swaroop Gopal
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Sakra World Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

We present a first use case report from the Indian subcontinent of a 5-month-old child with multisuture craniosynostosis with raised intracranial pressure managed by spring-assisted cranial expansion followed by traditional fronto-orbital advancement and cranial vault remodeling. We emphasize the advantages of spring-assisted cranial expansion in extremely young infants with raised intracranial pressure over posterior vault distraction osteogenesis and open posterior vault remodeling.

Keywords

spring-assisted cranial expansion - posterior vault expansion - multisuture craniosynostosis


Publication History

Article published online:
06 October 2023

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