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

Craniosynostosis syndromes are characterized by premature closure of one or more cranial sutures, associated with other malformations, the most frequent of which are the Crouzon and Apert syndromes.

[15] Extreme dolichocephaly may indicate sagittal suture synostosis. This can usually be differentiated by the severity of the head narrowing, lack of improvement over time in supine positioning ...

Edited by C. Owen Lovejoy, Kent State University, Kent, OH, and approved March 23, 2012 (received for review December 3, 2011) ...

Microorganisms are able to colonise sutures that are implanted in the skin, which is a causative factor of SSIs. Triclosan-coated sutures are antibacterial sutures aimed at reducing SSIs. Our ...

Rapid maxillary expansion (RME) primarily involves the mechanical opening of the midpalatal suture of the maxillary and palatine bones. The fusion of the midpalatal suture determines the failure of ...