Prevention and Management
Fig. 6.1 Position of the newborn in the crib (a). One way of alternating posture is to change the head-feet orientation periodically (b) 6.1.2 Preventive Advice for Awake Time The…
Clinical Approach to Plagiocephaly
Fig. 5.1 Different shapes of the skull in lambdoidal synostosis (a, b, c on the left column) and in PPP (a, b, c on the right column), viewed from the…
Historical Notes
Fig. 1.1 Carved head of Queen Nefertiti. Note the intentional deformation of the skull in the anteroposterior direction and vertical (Redrawn from the original artwork by Fernanda Daris) In Europe,…
Definition and Classification
Fig. 2.1 Classification of five types of plagiocephaly according to Argenta Type I – The cranial asymmetry is limited to the back of the skull. The degree of flattening can…
Surgical Indications and Treatment for Cranial Occipital Anomalies
Fig. 8.1 (a, b) Vertex views of the infant for differentiating posterior plagiocephaly. (a) Positional nonsynostotic plagiocephaly (PP): the superior aspect of the head resembles a parallelogram due to anterior…
Epidemiology
Fig. 3.1 Increasing rate of positional plagiocephaly (black) in comparison to craniosynostosis (gray) following AAP recommendations for SIDS prevention (1992) Several tertiary care centers with craniofacial specialists published data showing…
Outcomes
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014Donata Villani and Maria Vittoria Meraviglia (eds.)Positional Plagiocephaly10.1007/978-3-319-06118-4_9 9. Outcomes Federica Anna Gandolfi1 (1) Department of Dentistry, Hospitals of Bergamo, Corso Vercelli 55, Milan, 20145, Italy Federica Anna Gandolfi Email: federica.gandolfi@libero.it The…
Osteopathic Considerations in Positional Plagiocephaly
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014Donata Villani and Maria Vittoria Meraviglia (eds.)Positional Plagiocephaly10.1007/978-3-319-06118-4_7 7. Osteopathic Considerations in Positional Plagiocephaly Cristian Ciranna-Raab1, 2, 3 (1) German School of Osteopathy (OSD), Hamburg, Germany (2) Osteopathic European Academic Network…
Etiology and Pathogenesis
Fig. 4.1 Cranial suture, view from the top 4.1 Mechanisms of Cranial Deformities Skull growth after the premature fusion of a single suture was first described by Virchow in 1851….
Microstructural Study of the Detrusor Muscle After Repair of Atonic Bladders Caused by Injury to the Medullary Cone in Rats
Reconstruction group Residual volume (mL) Injury group Residual volume (mL) Normal 3.31 ± 0.18 Normal 3.28 ± 0.20 T1 5.09 ± 0.19 t1 5.06 ± 0.16 T2 7.54 ± 0.18 t2 7.78 ± 0.12 T3 9.85 ± 0.29 t3 12.03 ± 0.18 T4 6.35 ± 0.23 t4 15.11 ± 0.30…
