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| What are the premature closures of the cranial sutures of an infant called? |
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| Up to what age should these sutures remain open? Why? |
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| Up to age 2. It allows for brain expansion |
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| What is the most commonly affected suture in Craniosynostosis? |
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| When is surgery usually performed on an infant? |
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| Between 6 weeks and 6 months of age |
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| Surgical intervention involves a _____ _____ Craniectomy. |
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| What does the surgeon want to leave attached to the skull to minimize bleeding? |
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| What is used to collect bone fragments? |
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| What is the wound classification for this procedure? |
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| Bilateral coronal suture craniosynostosis creates a ____ and____ head. |
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| Unilateral coronal suture craniosynostosis _______ the frontal bone and orbit |
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| Sagittal suture Craniosynostosis creates a _____ and _____ skull. |
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| A burr hole is made using what? |
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| Towards the end of the procedure, the parietal bond is fractured, leaving what intact? |
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| Where is the incision made? |
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| Midway between the anterior and posterior fontanelles from ear to ear posterior to the pinna |
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| What is used to cut across the sagittal suture? |
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