Craniosynostosis: Results in seventy-eight surgically treated children

During the 1993 - 2002 period, 78 children with craniosynostosis were analyzed according to age, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, operative methods and longterm results. Various operations, beginning with linear craniectomy, parallel craniectomy, linear cross-like craniectomy and later multiple linear craniectomies, were employed in the treatment of craniosynostosis. Longterm results in 78 children followed up more than one year postoperatively showed mental retardation in four cases, whereas 74 patients had normal development free from mental or motor function impairment. Remarkable cosmetic effects were noticed only in patients who were operated within six months of birth or earlier.