Borghi, Alessandro;
Heutinck, P;
Rodriguez-Florez, N;
Koudstaal, M;
Ruggiero, F;
Ajami, S;
Schievano, S;
... Dunaway, D; + view all
(2022)
The Esthetic Perception of Morphological Severity in Scaphocephalic Patients is Correlated With Specific Head Geometrical Features.
The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
10.1177/10556656221111307.
(In press).
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between perception of craniofacial deformity, geometric head features, and 3D head shape analyzed by statistical shape modeling (SSM). PATIENTS: A total of 18 unoperated patients with scaphocephaly (age = 5.2 ± 1.1m)-6 were followed-up after spring-assisted cranioplasty (SAC) (age = 9.6 ± 1.5m)-and 6 controls (age = 6.7 ± 2.5m). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: 3D head shapes were retrieved from 3D scans or computed tomography (CTs). Various geometrical features were measured: anterior and posterior prominence, take-off angle, average anterior and posterior lateral and horizontal curvatures, cranial index (CI) (cranial width over length), and turricephaly index (TI) (cranial height over length). SSM and principal component analysis (PCA) described shape variability. All models were 3D printed; the perception of deformity was blindly scored by 9 surgeons and 1 radiologist in terms of frontal bossing (FB), occipital bulleting (OB), biparietal narrowing (BN), low posterior vertex (LPV), and overall head shape (OHS). RESULTS: A moderate correlation was found between FB and anterior prominence (r = 0.56, P < .01) and take-off angle (r = - 0.57, P < .01). OB correlated with average posterior lateral curvature (r = 0.43, P < 0.01) similarly to BPN (r = 0.55, P < .01) and LPV (r = 0.43, P < .01). OHS showed strong correlation with CI (r = - 0.68, P < .01) and TI (r = 0.63, P< .01). SSM Mode 1 correlated with OHS (r = 0.66, p < .01) while Mode 3 correlated with FB (r = - 0.58, P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: Esthetic cranial appearance in craniofacial patients is correlated to specific geometric parameters and could be estimated using automated methods such as SSM.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The Esthetic Perception of Morphological Severity in Scaphocephalic Patients is Correlated With Specific Head Geometrical Features |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10556656221111307 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656221111307 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | cephalometry, computerized tomography, craniofacial morphology |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10151888 |
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