Incidence of perinatal complications in children with premature craniosynostosis

Autor: Anton H. Schwabegger, Benedikt Weber, Astrid Rumer-Moser, Wilhelm Oberaigner, Horst Steiner
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 38
ISSN: 1619-3997
0300-5577
DOI: 10.1515/jpm.2010.028
Popis: AIMS To study the incidence of perinatal complications in children diagnosed with premature craniosynostosis and their mothers. METHODS Questionnaires were sent to all women (n=220) who delivered a child diagnosed either pre- or postnatally with craniosynostosis and treated at the University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria between January 1, 1990 and October 10, 2007. The incidence of various complications in the group of children with craniosynostosis was compared with data from the Birth Registry of Tyrol, which served as a comparison population in this study (n=57,317). RESULTS A total of 46.4% of the questionnaires were returned (n=102). Children diagnosed with craniosynostosis showed a significantly higher rate of fetal malpresentations at birth [P
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