Craniosynostosis

Chapter 14 of Volume 2, Head, Neck & Craniofacial. Revision notes and examiner-style viva questions with model answers for the FRCS (Plast).

11 viva questions in this chapter

1. Describe this photograph.
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2. Why is the head this shape? What is the theory?
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3. How would you assess this child?
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4. Is the intracranial pressure raised? Does it matter in a single suture?
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5. What investigations would you request?
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6. What are the surgical options, and how do you choose?
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7. Tell me how you do a sagittal spring cranioplasty.
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8. Talk me through the blood, and what can go badly wrong on the table.
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9. What would you tell the parents?
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10. This four-month-old has an asymmetric occiput. What is your differential?
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11. And if it is a true lambdoid synostosis — what then?
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