RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Longitudinal assessment of visual development in non-syndromic craniosynostosis: a 1-year pre- and post-surgical study
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 932
OP 935
DO 10.1136/adc.2007.128421
VO 93
IS 11
A1 G Vasco
A1 G Baranello
A1 D Ricci
A1 A Salerni
A1 G Tamburrini
A1 R Amante
A1 A Dickmann
A1 C Di Rocco
A1 F Velardi
A1 E Mercuri
YR 2008
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/93/11/932.abstract
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.