Doctors can often identify craniosynostosis early in infancy by examining your baby and reviewing X-ray or CT imaging of the skull. Although each diagnosis is different, surgery is usually ...

A pediatric surgeon at Children's Hospital Colorado is behind a new cranial surgery procedure that could speed up the ...

How the surgery is done depends on which sutures are affected and what condition caused the craniosynostosis. Surgeons can fix the affected sutures with the following procedures. Endoscopy works ...

Before your baby’s surgery, you’ll meet with a surgical team. This includes a pediatric neurosurgeon and a pediatric plastic surgeon. We will ask you about: bleeding disorders in your family, ...

Craniosynostosis is a birth defect that affects one in every 2,500 live births. A newborn with the condition has a misshapen skull because one or more sutures closed too soon. My son was born with ...

For some conditions, craniosynostosis is just one of the symptoms. An infant may also have problems with their hands and feet or internal organs. In those cases other issues may need to be addressed ...

If the symptoms of metopic craniosynostosis are mild, doctors may decide that an infant does not need treatment. However, many infants will need surgery to reduce pressure in the skull and to ...

Aero was diagnosed with Sagittal Craniosynostosis, a condition where parts of the skull fuse too early. He had surgery at just three months old to fix the condition. Tara, who has been sharing ...

Navi Mumbai: A three month old infant from Bhopal has become the second case of Western Zone to undergo Endoscopic surgery for craniosynostosis- a rare condition where an infant's skull bones fuse ...