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Caphocephaly is where the sagittal suture — the dense connective tissue joint between two main plates of skull bone — fuses before birth. This can lead...
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When a baby is born, the bone plates in their skull aren't joined together. As they get older, natural seams called sutures help to gradually fuse these...
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Scoliosis in children occurs between the ages of 10 to 18 and is more common in girls by a ratio of 2:1. In most cases of adolescent scoliosis the cause...
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Spinal dysraphism describes any form of spinal condition and occurs early on in a foetus’s development, during the first month of pregnancy. It describes...
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Tarlov cysts are a rare condition and occur at the base of the spine in an area called the sacrum, around spinal root nerve fibres. The cysts are abnormal...
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This procedure corrects craniosynostosis, which is a condition where the plates of a newborn baby's skull fuse too early or in an abnormal way. The surgery...
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A dermal sinus tract is an abnormal channel of tissue formed at birth that runs along the midline of the body. It can be found anywhere between your tailbone...
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Acoustic neuroma's, are rarer in children than in adults and are often associated with neurofibromatosis 2. The only confirmed risk factor for acoustic...
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Brain tumours are the most common type that develop in children. Primary tumours begin in the brain, whilst secondary growths have spread there from elsewhere...
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Craniosynostosis is where one or more of the growth plates in a baby's skull fuse together prematurely. This changes the growth pattern of the skull. Different...
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Spinal injuries and acquired or traumatic brain injuries, incurred as the result of accidents or falls, and lifelong conditions such as cerebral palsy can...
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An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a term used to describe a complex tangle of blood vessels in your brain, where there are abnormal connections between...
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A cavernoma is an abnormal collection of blood vessels in the brain or spinal cord. Also referred to as cavernous malformations, cavernomas vary in size...
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This procedure removes meninogiomas — a type of benign brain tumour that develops in the meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord). If left...
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Spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are tangles of blood vessel that form on or in your spinal cord. If left untreated, they can lead to leg weakness...