Skull deformities sometimes create such a disturbing image that they immediately draw attention even when the baby is very young. Of course, such deformities and accompanying fontanelle changes are also examined in detail with x-rays and computed tomography… All skull deformities can be surgically corrected by experienced pediatric neurosurgeons. The most important message to be conveyed here is this: These surgeries should never be left until after 1 year of age. Otherwise, they will be very risky and the results will not be very eye-catching…
In trigonocephaly, which is one of the skull deformities, there is a triangular protrusion in the middle of the forehead when viewed from above. This abnormality, which occurs while still in the mother’s womb, creates such a disturbing image that it immediately draws attention even when the baby is born. This deformity and accompanying fontanelle changes should be examined in detail with x-rays and computed tomography. Like all other deformities of the skull, trigonocephaly can be surgically corrected by experienced pediatric neurosurgeons.
Sometimes in operations performed after traumas in which the skull bone is broken and fragmented, sometimes in decompression surgeries performed to relieve the brain due to cerebral edema; part of the skull bone may be displaced. After such patients recover, with a second operation to be performed; The missing part of the skull bone can sometimes be covered with the patient’s own bones, and sometimes with an artificial bone made of bone cement and similar materials.
