Intervention
Medicolegal Pitfalls
- Results are best when surgery is performed in young infants.
- A delayed diagnosis can lead to medical/legal liability.
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Keywords
premature fusion of cranial sutures, cranial sutures, simple craniosynostosis, compound craniosynostosis, cranial synostosis, synostosis, suture synostosis, sagittal synostosis, coronal synostosis, metopic synostosis, lambdoid synostosis, combined synostosis, scaphocephaly, dolichocephaly, brachycephaly, plagiocephaly, oxycephaly, trigonocephaly, kleeblattschädel deformity, Cloverleaf deformity, Crouzon disease, Chotzen syndrome, Apert syndrome
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