Christofides Efthimios Andreas, Steinmann Mark Eugene
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
J Craniofac Surg. 2010 Mar;21(2):352-7. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181cf6050.
Various indices and measurements of the growing cranial vault exist, but there is no single head-shape chart specific to craniofacial surgery. The authors have produced a reliable head-shape chart that will enable accurate charting of patients with craniosynostosis both in the preoperative and postoperative period.One thousand eighty-two participants were used to obtain normal anthropometric measurements, specifically the ear-to-ear measurement and the glabella-to-external occipital protuberance measurement. Both male and female participants aged 6 months to 25 years were used to obtain these measurements. These measurements were correlated with the cephalic index as described by Farkas according to the different age groups.A head-shape chart has been created for males and females using the normal ear-to-ear measurements and the cephalic index that define both qualitative and quantitative elements of the growing skull. Craniofacial surgeons may find this chart useful for managing patients with craniosynostosis. This chart is also useful in the assessment of how the skull grows after surgery.
存在多种用于测量生长中的颅顶的指标和方法,但目前尚无专门针对颅面外科手术的头型图表。作者制作了一份可靠的头型图表,可用于在术前和术后准确绘制患有颅缝早闭症患者的头型。1082名参与者被用于获取正常人体测量数据,特别是耳间测量和眉间至枕外隆凸测量。年龄在6个月至25岁之间的男性和女性参与者均参与了这些测量。这些测量数据根据不同年龄组与法卡斯所描述的头指数进行了关联。利用正常的耳间测量数据和头指数,为男性和女性创建了一个头型图表,该图表定义了生长中颅骨的定性和定量要素。颅面外科医生可能会发现此图表对管理患有颅缝早闭症的患者有用。该图表在评估手术后颅骨的生长情况方面也很有用。