The cephalic width-intercoronal distance ratio may be an additional objective measurement to aid in the clinical evaluation of children with metopic craniosynostosis.
Anorectal malformations (ARMs) are a spectrum of congenital anomalies where there is abnormal development of the anus and rectum. With an incidence of 1:5000 live births and affecting both males and females, these anomalies vary in their appearance and presentation, lack features enabling antenatal detection and should be detected at birth by the examining midwife or within 72 hours through the newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme. However, it is recognised that the diagnosis of ARMs can be missed or delayed leading to morbidity and mortality. In the UK, despite the existence of the NIPE screening programme and NICE guidelines, published literature shows that nearly a quarter of ARMs are not diagnosed at birth. This review takes a critical look at the frequency of missed/delayed diagnosis of ARMs at birth, the implications of delayed diagnosis, and the possible reasons for this related to education and training of healthcare professionals involved in newborn examination, focusing on the UK national screening programme for NIPE. We propose a strategy for enhancing detection of ARMs in a timely manner through the existing framework of the NIPE screening programme.
The present study demonstrated that the use of intraoperative tissue expansion in patients with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis who underwent calvarial vault expansion resulted in a greater likelihood of a well-healed incision with a lower rate of poor scarring.
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