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Sagittal Synostoses

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Though scaphocephaly represents the most common type of craniosynostosis and most, if not all, pediatric neurosurgeons feel familiar with this entity, several of the fundamental aspects of the condition still remain obscure.

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Di Rocco, F. (2019). Sagittal Synostoses. In: Di Rocco, C., Pang, D., Rutka, J. (eds) Textbook of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31512-6_58-1

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