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Study: Endoscopic strip craniectomy with helmet therapy for craniosynostosis

By Urška Čebron, MBBS, Damian D Marucci, MBBS, PhD, FRACS (Plast), Michael Rtshiladze, MBBS, MS, FRACS (Plast), Raj Reddy, MBBS, MS, FRACS (Neurosurgery)Ishaan Thakur, MBBS, et al

Abstract

Endoscopic strip craniectomy (ESC) followed by helmet therapy is a minimally invasive technique that has emerged as an alternative to open cranial vault procedures to manage young infants with craniosynostosis.

In 2022, the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network adopted ESC as part of a revised, age-sensitive management algorithm for craniosynostosis.

This study is a retrospective chart review of patients with craniosynostosis treated with ESC and postoperative helmet therapy at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network.

Read the study in full: Endoscopic strip craniectomy with helmet therapy for craniosynostosis: A retrospective review of the Sydney experience.

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