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Cranioplasty for premature metopic suture closure (Trigonocephaly)

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A surgical procedure for instant and strong correction of the four factors (midline ridge, narrow bifrontal dimension, backward slant of right and left forehead, recession of frontal bone at supraorbital ridge) contributing to deviate appearance in trigonocephaly is described.

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  1. G. Ehni

    Present address: Department of Neurological Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

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    Ehni, G. Cranioplasty for premature metopic suture closure (Trigonocephaly). Acta neurochir 61, 201–206 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01740085

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