Sagittal synostosis: results of surgical treatment in 210 patients

Abstract 

From 1977 to 1996, 210 patients suffering from scaphoce-phaly, have been operated on in our institutions. The surgical technique depended on the patients age. Single wide sagittal synostectomy was performed in 155 babies aged less than 3 months, obtaining good cosmetic results. Patients older than 3 months needed more complex and aggressive procedures to achieve similar results. The conclusions is that sagittal suturectomy is the proper treatment in younger pa-tients under 3 months of age, and that a greater effort must be made to diagnose and treat these patients early.