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While every patient is treated individually, with treatment plans made specifically for him or her, some generalizations are possible. Treatment for craniosynostosis is surgical. Babies with craniosynostosis are examined early in life by members of the craniofacial treatment team: a pediatrician who specializes in treating infants with craniofacial anomalies, a geneticist, a craniofacial surgeon, a neurosurgeon, and an ophthalmologist. Depending on the particular case, other specialists may be involved also. A computerized tomography scan (CT scan)—a special type of x-ray—is performed to study the bones of the skull and the brain. If there are no signs of increased intracranial pressure by physical examination or by CT scan, then most children will have their surgery at approximately one year of age. If there is increased intracranial pressure, then surgery is performed sooner; also, patients with sagittal synostosis usually are treated at an earlier age.

The surgery is performed jointly by the craniofacial surgeon and the neurosurgeon. The skull is enlarged, or expanded, by removing and reshaping the bones of the skull to give the brain room to grow and also to correct the abnormal shapes that occur as a result of the various types of craniosynostosis. While this is a very specialized and complex surgical procedure, it is now performed safely and effectively with modern anesthetic and surgical techniques.

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