Comparison of emotional and behavioral regulation between metopic and sagittal synostosis.
Mariana N AlmeidaDavid P AlperNeil ParikhHeloise De BaunAlex KammienJohn A PersingMichael AlperovichPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2024)
A relationship between suture subtype and behavioral outcomes exists at school age. More children with metopic synostosis required social services indicating more overall difficulties. Children with metopic synostosis have more specific problems with executive function, while children with sagittal synostosis had more difficulties with externalizing behaviors.