PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G Vasco
AU  - G Baranello
AU  - D Ricci
AU  - A Salerni
AU  - G Tamburrini
AU  - R Amante
AU  - A Dickmann
AU  - C Di Rocco
AU  - F Velardi
AU  - E Mercuri
TI  - Longitudinal assessment of visual development in non-syndromic craniosynostosis: a 1-year pre- and post-surgical study
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2007.128421
DP  - 2008 Nov 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 932--935
VI  - 93
IP  - 11
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/93/11/932.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/93/11/932.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2008 Nov 01; 93
AB  - Objective: to investigate visual function pre- and post surgery in children with single-suture non-syndromic craniosynostosisDesign: Twenty-nine infants (12 with sagittal synostosis, 10 with trigonocephaly and 7 with anterior plagiocephaly) were longitudinally evaluated using a battery of tests assessing various aspects of visual function, including ocular behaviour, acuity, visual fields and fixation shift. All infants were assessed before surgery and 2, 6 and 12 months after surgery.Results: Before surgery only 16% of infants had completely normal visual function, while on the assessment performed 12 months after surgery, the number with normal results on all the tests increased to 65%. The only abnormalities found 12 months after surgical correction were mainly found on abnormal oculomotor behaviour in infants with plagiocephaly.Conclusion: Abnormalities of visual function were not frequent in infants with non-syndromic craniosynostosis who underwent surgical correction. Approximately half of the patients had some visual abnormalities before surgery, which subsequently improved, showing a delayed visual maturation rather than persistent abnormalities.