A Comparison of Similarity between Clinical, Radiographic and Photographic Cranial Indices in the Management of Children with Craniosynostosis

摘要

Current pre-operative assessment in craniosynostosis includes clinical measurement of head circumference, the Cranial Index (CI) the ratio between the biparietal distance (BP) to the an-tero-posterior length (AP), and the head shape plotted on paper. The methods used range from calliper measurement of CI, Abeta and lateral plain skull radiographs and 3D computed tomography (CT) of the skull and clinical photographs of the head.