Open AccessFacial Suture Pathology in Syndromic Craniosynostosis
Author(s) -
Maxwell M Wang,
Christos S Haveles,
Brian Zukotynski,
Russell R. Reid,
Justine C. Lee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1536-3708
pISSN - 0148-7043
DOI - 10.1097/sap.0000000000002822
Subject(s) - craniosynostosis , medicine , synostosis , craniofacial , craniosynostoses , craniofacial abnormality , fibrous joint , dysostosis , surgery , congenital disease , psychiatry
Facial deformities in syndromic craniosynostosis are not only functionally, psychosocially, and aesthetically impairing but also notoriously challenging to reconstruct. Whether facial suture synostosis plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of these deformities is inadequately studied in human patients.