Craniofacial growth in shunt-treated hydrocephalics: a four-year roentgenocephalometric follow-up study |
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| Authors: | J. Å. Huggare T. Kantomaa O. Rönning W. Serlo |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Oral Development, University of Oulu, vapistie 3, SF-90220 Oulu, Finland;(2) Department of Orthodontics, University of Oulu, vapistie 3, SF-90220 Oulu, Finland;(3) Department of Paediatrics, University of Oulu, vapistie 3, SF-90220 Oulu, Finland;(4) Department of Surgery, University of Oulu, vapistie 3, SF-90220 Oulu, Finland;(5) Department of Oral Development, University of Turku, Turku, Finland;(6) Department of Orthodontics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland |
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| Abstract: | The craniofacial growth of 24 shunt-treated hydrocephalics aged 5–15 years was evaluated over a 4-year period, by comparing changes in linear and angular cephalometric variables with those of an age- and sexmatched control group. The main findings were increased calvarial thickness, increased cranial base flexure, superior displacement of the sella, and a tendency for the gonial angle to remain more obtuse in the shunt-treated patients. As craniofacial growth in the latter differed only slightly from that observed in the controls, the deviations in facial morphology observed in a previous cross-sectional study of shunt-treated hydrocephalics can be taken to represent a long-term effect of the shunt treatment. |
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| Keywords: | Craniofacial growth Hydrocephalus Shunt treatment |
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