![]() |
JOURNAL TOOLS |
Opzioni di pubblicazione |
eTOC |
Per abbonarsi |
Sottometti un articolo |
Segnala alla tua biblioteca |
ARTICLE TOOLS |
Publication history |
Estratti |
Permessi |
Per citare questo articolo |
Share |


I TUOI DATI
I TUOI ORDINI
CESTINO ACQUISTI
N. prodotti: 0
Totale ordine: € 0,00
COME ORDINARE
I TUOI ABBONAMENTI
I TUOI ARTICOLI
I TUOI EBOOK
COUPON
ACCESSIBILITÀ
REVIEW MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND MAXIMALLY EFFECTIVE NEUROSURGERY
Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2018 December;62(6):745-64
DOI: 10.23736/S0390-5616.18.04483-1
Copyright © 2018 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
lingua: Inglese
Minimally invasive approaches to craniosynostosis
Arjun V. PENDHARKAR 1 ✉, Maryam N. SHAHIN 1, Claudio CAVALLO 2, Xiaochun ZHAO 2, Allen L. HO 1, Eric S. SUSSMAN 1, Gerald A. GRANT 1
1 Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Craniosynostosis (CS) is defined as the premature fusion of one or more calvarial sutures. This carries several consequences, including abnormal/asymmetric cranial vault development, increased intracranial pressure, compromised neurocognitive development, and craniofacial deformity. Definitive management is surgical with the goal of protecting cerebral development by re-establishing normal cranial vault expansion and correcting cosmetic deformity. In today’s practice, CS surgery has advanced radically from simple craniectomies to major cranial vault reconstructive (CVR) procedures. More recently there has been considerable interest in endoscopic assisted surgery (EAS). Theoretical benefits include decreased operative time, morbidity, blood loss, postoperative pain, cost and faster recovery times. In this focused review, we summarize the current body of literature reporting clinical outcomes in EAS and review the data comparing EAS and CVR.
KEY WORDS: Craniosynostoses - Endoscopy - Minimally invasive surgical procedures