A Novel Approach to Study Cranial Shape in Children with Normal and Sagittal Synostosis: An Application of Geometric Morphometrics.

ABSTRACT: To provide appropriate treatment, neurosurgeons and pediatricians must understand the chronological changes of the cranial morphology in normal children and the differences between normal and sagittal synostosis children. However, this issue has remained unresolved due to the traditional methods of analyzing cranial morphology. Therefore, we applied a new and precise method, geometric morphometrics, to understand cranial morphology in children with normal and sagittal synostosis. This study analyzed morphological differences in the cranium of 30 control children and 14 children with sagittal synostosis using geometric morphometrics and the landmark method on the lateral view of the three-dimensional computed tomography of the skull. The results showed that morphological changes in the cran

SUBMITTER: Miyagawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11891143 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature