Anterior Craniofacial Changes Following Occipital Switch Cranioplasty in Unilateral Lambdoid Craniosynostosis. LM Harrison, K Prezelski, RR Hallac, et al.

A retrospective review was conducted on patients with ULC who underwent posterior cranial vault remodeling with switch cranioplasty from both centers. All patients who underwent posterior cranial vault remodeling with occipital switch cranioplasty and had three-dimensional (3D) images obtained pre-operatively and around 2 years post-operatively were included.

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Profile line accuracy in cephalometric radiographs. ML Arn, J Opacic, G Kanavakis, D Halazonetis, N Gkantidis.

On average, the lateral cephalometric radiographs might provide an adequate representation of the facial profile, but when individual patients are considered, there is often a clinically significant error. Thus, lateral cephalograms should be used with caution to evaluate the facial soft-tissue profile.

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Three-dimensional facial soft-tissue changes after L-shaped Reduction Malarplasty: A pilot retrospective study. X Sun, Y Wei, H Younis, Z Zhou, H Ge, J Li.

Study aims to evaluate the quantitative facial soft tissue changes in relation to the underlying skeletal tissue following L-shaped RM using CT and 3dMD analysis and to investigate the patient’s pre- and post-operative satisfaction as well as surgical outcomes.

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

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.

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