Severity of Skull Malformation is Unrelated to Presurgery Neurobehavioral Status of Infants with Sagittal Synostosis

Abstract

Lack of association between skull shape and neurodevelopment in infancy may indicate that the presurgical degree of scaphocephaly has little or no direct effect on brain development. Alternatively, such relationships, if they exist, may be evident only at older ages. Finally, it also is possible that aspects of skull malformation not measured in this study may be related to neuropsychological functioning.