Raised intracranial pressure is frequent in untreated nonsyndromic unicoronal synostosis and does not correlate with severity of phenotypic features.
BACKGROUND: In a small number of children with unicoronal synostosis, the phenotype is mild and the aesthetic benefit of surgical correction is potentially outweighed by surgical risk. Raised intracranial pressure, however, would necessitate intervention. The authors documented the incidence of rais...
Main Authors: | Eley, K, Johnson, D, Wilkie, A, Jayamohan, J, Richards, P, Wall, SA |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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