Monday, November 12, 2007

I'm no doctor

I'm no doctor, but I'm learning a lot. Apparently, there are several different kinds of craniosyntosis. Here's the one I *think* Benjamin might have. Notice I said think! And of course, he might just have a funny shaped head....


What is sagittal synostosis?
The sagittal suture runs from a spot at the front of the head to the back of the skulI. Fusion of the suture results in a long, narrow skull with or without bulging of both the front and back of the head. Surgery of sagittal craniosynostosis involves removing the suture and widening the skull by opening up the coronal and lambdoid sutures on both sides of the head. Sometimes bone grafts are placed to keep the out-fractured bones apart.

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