Deformities in the skull sometimes create such a disturbing appearance that they immediately attract attention even when the baby is very young. Of course, such deformities and accompanying fontanelle changes are examined in detail with x-rays and computed tomography... All skull deformities can be corrected surgically by experienced pediatric neurosurgeons. The most important message to be given here is this: These surgeries should never be postponed until after the age of 1. Otherwise, they will be very risky and the results will not be as desired.
In trigonocephaly, one of the skull deformities, there is a triangular-shaped protrusion in the middle of the forehead when viewed from above. This abnormality, which occurs while the baby is still in the womb, creates such a disturbing image that it immediately attracts attention even when the baby is born. This deformity and the accompanying fontanelle changes need to be examined in detail with x-rays and computed tomography. Like all other deformities in the skull, trigonocephaly can be corrected surgically by experienced pediatric neurosurgeons.
Sometimes in surgeries performed after traumas in which the skull bone is broken and fragmented, and sometimes in decompression surgeries performed to relieve the brain due to brain edema; Part of the skull bone may be displaced. After such patients recover, with a second surgery; The missing part of the skull bone can sometimes be filled with the patient's own bones, and sometimes with an artificial bone produced from bone cement and similar materials.
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