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Making the Diagnosis in Sagittal Craniosynostosis-It's Height, Not Length, That Matters.

Jessica D BlumDaniel Y ChoLiana CheungDillan F VillavisanisJinggang NgJordan W SwansonScott P BartlettJesse A Taylor
Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2022)
Measurement of the VNO angle is a reliable screening tool to diagnose sagittal craniosynostosis, with an angle of 50° or more suggesting suture synostosis. This method relies on the relationship between the anterior displacement of the vertex and occipital bulleting to approach the diagnostic accuracy of CT imaging.
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