Huggare J A, Kantomaa T, Rönning O, Serlo W
Department of Oral Development, University of Oulu, Finland.
Childs Nerv Syst. 1992 Mar;8(2):67-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00298441.
The craniofacial growth of 24 shunt-treated hydrocephalics aged 5-15 years was evaluated over a 4-year period, by comparing changes in linear and angular cephalometric variables with those of an age- and sex-matched control group. The main findings were increased calvarial thickness, increased cranial base flexure, superior displacement of the sella, and a tendency for the gonial angle to remain more obtuse in the shunt-treated patients. As craniofacial growth in the latter differed only slightly from that observed in the controls, the deviations in facial morphology observed in a previous cross-sectional study of shunt-treated hydrocephalics can be taken to represent a long-term effect of the shunt treatment.
通过比较24名年龄在5至15岁接受分流治疗的脑积水患者与年龄和性别匹配的对照组的头颅测量线性和角度变量变化，对其四年间的颅面生长情况进行了评估。主要发现为：颅骨厚度增加、颅底弯曲增加、蝶鞍上移，以及分流治疗患者的下颌角倾向于保持更钝角。由于后者的颅面生长与对照组仅略有不同，因此在先前对分流治疗脑积水患者的横断面研究中观察到的面部形态偏差可被视为分流治疗的长期影响。
