Statistical Shape Analyses of Patients with Scaphocephaly After Surgical Remodeling

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AIM: To investigate the differences in the head shapes of scaphocephaly patients during the pre- and postoperative phases.MATERIAL and METHODS: Cranium shape data were collected from the two-dimensional digital images. The generalisedProcrustes analysis was used to obtain mean shapes in the pre- and postoperative phases. The shape deformation of the craniumfrom the pre- to postoperative phases was evaluated using the thin plate spline method.RESULTS: There was no significant cranial shape difference in the pre and postoperative phases. The high-level deformationsfrom the pre- to postoperative phase were seen in thin plate spline graphs. The highest deformation was observed at the biparietaldimension.CONCLUSION: In this study, we showed that the structural deformation of the cranium was correlated with sagittal craniosynostosis.The present study also shows that pre- and postoperative head shapes of patients with scaphocephaly can be compared usinghead shape with the landmark-based geometric morphometric method by taking into consideration the topographic distribution.