CREANIOFACIAL SURGERY
The picture shows a craniosynostosis in a boy of 18 months of age. Observing the three-dimensional CT is clearly not symmetrical. The head shaft is deflected, the growth area has been sealed, and there has been a swelling of the skull back and face left.
This is a typical case of unicoronal craniosynostosis. Its impact on the rest of the face is very important, and it should be operates as soon as possible, because the deformity increases and time goes by. It only stops when the child stops growing. At that time the surgery is much more difficult and risky with much worse results.