Your medical and surgical teamwill provide a surgical plan basedon the needs of your child.

ApertSyndrome

CrouzonSyndrome

PfeifferSyndrome

Saethre-ChotzenSyndrome

Treacher CollinsSyndrome

Complex Craniofacial ProblemsConditions often requiring complex, long-term surgical and medical care. These include:

CraniosynostosisThis defect occurs when

the bones of a baby’s skull fusebefore the brain is fully formed.

Treating craniosynostosis – whichcan have multiple stages – usually

involves surgery to separate thefused bones. If there is no

underlying brain abnormality,the surgery allows a baby’s

brain adequate space togrow and develop.

BicoronalUnicoronal

Lamboid

Metopic

Sagittal

Deformationalposterior plagiocephaly

Normal infantskull

Pierre RobinSequenceA rare congenital conditionprimarily characterized in aninfant with a smaller-than-normal lower jaw, whichcan cause difficulties inbreathing and feeding.

Did you knowSome OMSs pursue a 1- or 2-yearfellowship for advanced trainingin craniofacial surgery.

Parents shoulddiscuss their concernswith a pediatricianand proceed withthe appropriatereferral to acraniofacial surgeonor a pediatricneurosurgeon.

Any child with a head orfacial abnormality shouldbe evaluated by a specialist.

Some are common, such as cleft lip and cleft palate.Some are quite rare.

Craniofacial anomalies

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Source: American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, www.MyOMS.orgThis information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Craniofacial anomalies are congenital malformations of the skull and face

Craniofacial Surgery