Sagittal Synostosis and Its Association With Cognitive, Behavioral, and Psychological Functioning: A Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Findings on the cognitive, behavioral, and psychological functioning of individuals with sagittal synostosis (SS) are highly disparate, limiting their clinical utility.

Objective

To identify and review research on individuals with SS and to determine whether, and to what extent, they experience cognitive, behavioral, and psychological difficulties compared with their healthy peers or normative data for each measure.

Data sources

PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and PsycINFO were searched through January 2021 with no date restrictions. Scopus citation searches and manual checks of the reference lists of included studies were conducted.

Study selection

Studies included participants of any age who had received a diagnosis of single-suture (isolated or nonsyndrom

SUBMITTER: Osborn AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438597 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature