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 | Kestle, John R. W.; Brockmeyer, Douglas Lee | Evaluation of the necessity of postoperative imaging after craniosynostosis surgery | Object. Childhood radiation exposure increases the lifetime risk of cancer from an estimated 0.07 to 0.35%. Neurological evaluation of patients after cranial vault reconstruction for synostosis repair is often complicated by pain medication, sedation, intubation, swelling, and dressings; therefore c... | Computed tomography; Cranial vault reconstruction; Pediatric neurosurgery; Radiation dose; Postoperative imaging | 2007 |