Two-Year Progressive Cranial Changes Following the Melbourne Technique for Sagittal Craniosynostosis. LM Harrison, K Prezelski, RR Hallac, AA Kane, P Sanati-Mehrizy.

Neurosurgery, 3dMD Customer Research, Medical, 3dMDhead, Craniofacial/Cleft, Plastics, Prosthetics

3dMDhead images were obtained preoperatively and postoperatively at 3 weeks, 3 months, 1 year, and 2 years. Head circumference, cephalic index, scaphocephalic index (SCI), frontal bossing index (FBI), occipital bullet index (OBI), and vertex narrowing index (VNI) were measured automatically using the 3dMDvultus Craniometrics Calculator.

Creation of the Scaphocephalic Index: Measurement of Global and Regional Severity in Scaphocephaly. GP Bins, LZ Zhou, D Cull, RG Layton, BT Dunson, S Kogan, LR David, CM Runyan.

Neurosurgery, 3dMD Customer Research, Computer Science | Computer Vision, Medical, 3dMDhead, Craniofacial/Cleft, Plastics

Three-dimensional (3D) photography allows for the creation of surface models without the need for radiation and has been validated as reliable and equivalent to CT for calvarial measurements.

School-age anthropometric and patient-reported outcomes after open or endoscopic repair of sagittal craniosynostosis. AR Fotouhi, KB Patel, GB Skolnick, CM Merrill, KM Hofmann, E Mantilla-Rivas, BR Collett, VD Allhusen, SD Naidoo, GF Rogers, RF Keating, MD Smyth, SN Magge.

Neurosurgery, 3dMD Customer Research, Computer Science | Computer Vision, Medical, 3dMDhead, Craniofacial/Cleft, Plastics

The authors found that, at school age, endoscopic repair produced a clinically meaningful and significantly greater improvement in anthropometric outcomes compared with open repair.

Multicenter comparison of head shape outcomes for three minimally invasive strip craniectomy techniques for sagittal craniosynostosis. I Rizvi, RR Hallac, EL Geisler, JK Perez, BY Ainuz, MP Pressler, SA Jackson, GB Skolnick, MD Smyth, JR Seaward, CA Derderian, LR David, CM Runyan, KB Patel, AA Kane.

Neurosurgery, 3dMD Customer Research, Medical, Craniofacial/Cleft, Plastics

Preoperative and final postoperative 3dMD stereo photogrammetric images from patients who met the inclusion criteria had been collected as part of routine clinical imaging protocols in place at each study site. This large, retrospective, multicenter study illustrated whole head shape outcomes from three different craniectomy procedures.

Appearance or attitude: what matters to craniosynostosis patients? Association of self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and facial aesthetics in patients with sagittal and metopic synostosis. A Svalina, E Heikura, T Savolainen et al.

Neurosurgery, 3dMD Customer Research, 3dMDhead, Craniofacial/Cleft, Orthodontics, Plastics

Non-syndromic craniosynostosis patients are as satisfied with their appearance in adulthood as the control group and do not experience a lower self-esteem or more depressive symptoms. Facial asymmetry does not correlate with low self-esteem or clinically significant depressive symptoms in adulthood. Subjective evaluation of one’s appearance correlated with depressive symptoms. Age and gender do not influence the former results. Overall, patients are satisfied with their appearance.

Correction of trigonocephaly after endoscopic strip craniectomy with postoperative helmet orthosis therapy: a 3D stereophotogrammetric study. A Elawadly, L Smith, A Borghi, KI Abdelaziz, AHD Silva, DJ Dunaway, NO Jeelani, J Ong, G James.

Neurosurgery, 3dMD Customer Research, Medical, 3dMDhead, Craniofacial/Cleft, Plastics

The authors analyzed a number of metrics measured using 3D stereophotogrammetry following ESCH, an imaging alternative that is free of ionizing radiation and can be performed on awake children.