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Research and publications

The Craniofacial Unit is involved with a number of research and audit projects.

Research

Ongoing and recent projects include:

  • speech, language and cognitive development in Aperts and Pfeiffers syndrome and sagittal synostosis

  • visual outcomes in craniofacial dysostoses

  • growth of osteoblasts on bio-absorbable membranes

  • investigation into factors affecting complication rates in frontofacial distraction

  • a visual analogue scale to assess outcomes in frontal remodelling

  • changes in speech following craniofacial distraction

  • relapse following frontofacial distraction

  • the role of surgery in the management of periorbital haemangiomas.

  • cognitive outcomes in children with craniofacial dysostosis

  • incidence of raised intracranial pressure in children with syndromic craniosynostosis

  • the use of "springs" in posterior vault remodelling

Research in collaboration with other craniofacial centres:

  • investigation into intraoperative blood loss during craniofacial surgery
    outcomes following frontal remodelling

  • the use of bioabsorbable membranes as frameworks for the growth of osteoblasts. (Collaborative project with Helsinki craniofacial group)

  • the incidence of raised intracranial pressure in complex craniosynostosis

Publications


Reference 1:
Marucci DD, Dunaway DJ, Jones BM, Hayward RD (2008) Raised intracranial pressure in Apert syndrome.. Plast Reconstr Surg 122 (4): 1162-8; discussion 1169-70
Reference 2:
Ahmed J, Marucci D, Cochrane L, Heywood RL, Wyatt ME, Leighton SE (2008) The role of the nasopharyngeal airway for obstructive sleep apnea in syndromic craniosynostosis.. J Craniofac Surg 19 (3): 659-63
Reference 3:
Witherow H, Dunaway D, Evans R, Nischal KK, Shipster C, Pereira V, Hearst D, White M, Jones BM, Hayward R (2008) Functional outcomes in monobloc advancement by distraction using the rigid external distractor device.. Plast Reconstr Surg 121 (4): 1311-22
Reference 4:
Ponniah AJ, Witherow H, Richards R, Evans R, Hayward R, Dunaway D (2008) Three-dimensional image analysis of facial skeletal changes after monobloc and bipartition distraction.. Plast Reconstr Surg 122 (1): 225-31
Reference 5:
Rashid A, Marucci DD, Dunaway DJ, Hayward RD (2008) Bone 'salami': morcellised bone and fibrin glue for filling extensive cranial defects in craniofacial surgery.. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 61 (8): 993-6
Reference 6:
Witherow H, Thiessen F, Evans R, Jones BM, Hayward R, Dunaway D (2008) Relapse following frontofacial advancement using the rigid external distractor.. J Craniofac Surg 19 (1): 113-20
Reference 7:
Fitzgerald O'Connor EJ, Marucci DD, Jeelani NO, Witherow H, Richards R, Dunaway DJ, Hayward RD (2009) Ocular advancement in monobloc distraction.. Plast Reconstr Surg 123 (5): 1570-7
Reference 8:
Jeelani NU, Khan MA, Fitzgerald O'Connor EJ, Dunaway D, Hayward R (2009) Frontofacial monobloc distraction using the StealthStation intraoperative navigation system: the ability to see where you are cutting.. J Craniofac Surg 20 (3): 892-4
Reference 9:
Pereira V, Sell D, Ponniah A, Evans R, Dunaway D (2008) Midface osteotomy versus distraction: the effect on speech, nasality, and velopharyngeal function in craniofacial dysostosis.. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 45 (4): 353-63
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