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ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY
Volume 58, Issue 3, Pages 285-287Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000250846.12958.05
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endoscopic craniosynostosis; craniosynostosis; minimally invasive craniosynostosis surgery
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Cramosynostosis is the premature and abnormal fusion of 1 of the 6 suture lines that form the living skull and can occur as part of a syndrome or as an isolated defect (nonsyndromic). The first reported surgical procedure for correction of cramosynostosis was performed in 1890 by Lannelongue who advocated releasing, but not resecting, the fused suture. Craniofacial surgery has developed its own identity in the last 3 decades, with the Frenchman Tessier seen as the founding father. There have been many new developments such as distraction osteogenesis, biodegradable miniplate fixation, and the development of minimally invasive endoscopic techniques. Through the pioneering work of Jimenez and Barone, minimally invasive approaches to the surgical correction of craniosynostosis are now gaining wider acceptance. Here the authors review the history of craniosynostosis, the current literature and technique for endoscopic repair of cramosynostosis, as well as their own experience at the University of Florida, with minimally invasive endoscope-assisted techniques.
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