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First the possible prenatal diagnostics are explained. Then necessary preoperative diagnostic steps are laid down. This applies to the general diagnostics of the disease including radiology and the special organ-related diagnostics as respiration, vision and hearing. Then the main problems of increased intracranial pressure, possible hydrocephalus and Chiari malformation are dealt with.

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Rasse, M. (2024). Preoperative Diagnostics. In: Surgery of Craniosynostosis and Related Midface Deformities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49102-3_2

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