The term craniosynostosis denotes the pathological partial or complete absence of one or more cranial sutures which manifests as abnormal skull growth. Although it is often referred to as premature fusion this is misleading as only the metopic suture fuses in the normal physiological state. The remaining sutures change and mature in macroscopic and microscopic form during growth but remain present. This chapter discusses the assessment of patients with craniosynostosis.
Mark Sheldon Lloyd, Anuradha Venugopal, Johan Horton, Desiderio Rodrigues, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Sir Nicholas White, Guirish A. Solanki, Peter Noons, Martin Evans, Stephen Dover
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