Martin Jonathan E, Manning Thomas, Bookland Markus, Castiglione Charles
1Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery.
3Department of Surgery, Division of Craniofacial Surgery, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Oct;22(4):344-347. doi: 10.3171/2018.5.PEDS18200. Epub 2018 Jul 20.
The authors report their initial experience with supine patient positioning for minimally invasive treatment of sagittal craniosynostosis. Supine positioning offers potential advantages that include reduced anesthetic risk and may be considered as an option by craniofacial surgeons performing minimally invasive synostectomy for sagittal craniosynostosis.