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Cranial reconstruction in osteogenesis imperfecta
B L Eppley1, J E Kalsbeck, A M Sadove
1Division of Plastic Surgery, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis 46202.
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
Although osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is recognized as a cause of craniosynostosis, therapeutic endeavors have not been reported. We present an 8-month-old girl with type 3 OI, in whom bilateral occipital flattening, biparietal widening, and frontal narrowing were effectively managed with a combined surgical release and reconstruction and molding cap therapy. The quality of the calvarial bone in OI requires a modified approach to the conventional bone techniques commonly used in the correction of craniosynostosis deformities.