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Published on: August 11, 2015
Scaphocephaly correction with retrocoronal and prelambdoid craniotomies (Renier's "H" technique)
Federico Di Rocco1, Bianca I Knoll, Eric Arnaud
1Craniofacial Unit, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, APHP Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75015, Paris, France. federico.dirocco@nck.aphp.fr
Abstract
Objective:
The aim of this paper is to describe the surgical technique, originally devised by Dr. Renier which is currently used to treat children with scaphocephaly under 6 months of age at the Craniofacial Unit of Hopital Necker Enfants Malades (French National Referral Center for Faciocraniosynostosis), focusing on its advantages and limitations.
