CRaiostenosis: this is the diagnosis that Guenda Goria, mother of little Noah, She felt pronounced by doctors. Maria Teresa Ruta and Amedeo Goria’s daughter gave birth to her eldest son only a few months ago. But her joy and that of her husband Mirko Gancitano was immediately disturbed by the words of the doctors after the neurosurgical control visit, when a crack was diagnosed with the child. “The space for the expansion of the brain was missing “said Guenda Goria a Very true. Remembering, between tears, lintervention suffered by his child when he was only three months old. But what is this disease? What does it entail? And how should it be faced?
What is craniostenosis
Craniostenosis is a congenital malformation of the skull. As reported on the website of‘Bambin Gesù Hospital of Romeis caused «by Premature pathological closure (synostosis) of one or more sutures of the skull (which, in physiological conditions, are maintained on the contrary Pervie as well as the lactation – with the exception of the metopical suture – to allow adequate expansion of the brain) “.
Guenda Goria reveals that the situation of the son was quite complex. «Noah had four closed cranial sutures. All the space in the head necessary for the brain to be expanded, he didn’t have it ».
The causes of craniostenosis
The premature ossification of the sutures, i.e. the border lines of the skull bones, is the cause of craraiostenosis. At birth, in fact, as explained on the Meyer hospital website in Florence, The sutures “are of fibrous and elastic tissue”, Just to encourage the development of brain. “When they ignite too early, losing their softness, an abnormal development of the skull is determinedwhich in some cases cannot guarantee a harmonious development of the brain ».
The consequences can be different and depend on the type of craraiostenese and gravity, which varies according to the number of sutures involved. In some cases, craraiostenosis can cause Cranic deformities and facial asymmetries. But also “increase in intracranial pressure or problems of the development of vision in cases where there is an eye involvement”, explain from Meyer.
Craniostenosis, how to take care: the intervention
The surgical way is the only road that can be traveled after the diagnosis of craraiostenosis. You can proceed with a “single procedure or process multi -pistep”, specify by the Bambin Jesus. And even the son of Guenda Goria was subjected to an intervention when he was only three months old. “I will never forget the gaze of my son before the operation,” he told Very true reliving that moment of great apprehension. And explaining that The child “up to three years of age will have to make periodic checks”. «He has a fragile head because of the engravings, but I am sure that he will bring these scars with pride “.
Skull malformations, 123 children operated on meyer with minimally invasive technique
Guenda Goria poses for photographers during the photocall of the new season of the television series “The paradise of the ladies” – Rome, 5 September 2017 (Ansa/Giorgio Onorati)
At the Meyer hospital in Florence 123 babies with craraiostenosis were treated endoscopically with minimally invasive technique. A technique – they explain from the hospital – that “allows you to intervene by practicing a single incision of 2 cm avoiding the scars that previously ran from ear to ear “. Through this technique the sick part of the skull is removed: thus the space necessary to allow the brain to grow is created. Furthermore, with this technique the hospitalization time is reduced: children must remain in the hospital only two days instead of the seven of media.
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