Research Article
Role of 99mTc-ECD SPECT in the Management of Children with Craniosynostosis
Table 2
Results of preoperative and postoperative investigations.
| | Conventional imaging findings (number of patients) |
Preoperative 99mTc-ECD SPECT | Dural vascularity at surgery | Mean (±SD) mental performance quotients (MPQ) |
Postoperative 99mTc-ECD SPECT | | Pre-op | Post-op |
| | Fusion of bilateral coronal, lambdoid, and sagittal sutures () | Absent | Scanty | 85.1 (17.9) | 92.6 (16.6)* | Normal | | Fusion of left coronal and sagittal suture () | Absent | Scanty | 86.2 (15.2) | 94.2 (13.4)* | Normal | | Fusion of bilateral coronal sutures () | Absent | Scanty | 87.2 (14.1) | 93.8 (15.7)* | Normal to increased | | Fusion of bilateral coronal sutures () | Normal | Scanty | 89.8 (14.6) | 93.1 (14.8) | Normal to increased | | Fusion of left coronal suture () | Normal | Normal | 92.7 (15.3) | 94.5 (13.7) | Normal | | Fusion of right coronal suture () | Normal | Normal | 93.6 (14.9) | 95.1 (13.6) | Normal | | Fusion of metopic suture () | Normal | Scanty | 92.5 (12.7) | 94.3 (16.4) | Normal | | Fusion of right lambdoid suture () | Normal | Normal | 94.9 (13.1) | 95.3 (15.5) | Normal |
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