Spring-mediated skull expansion: overall effects in sutural and parasutural areas. An experimental study in rabbits

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Rodrigo De Faria Valle Dornelles²  Vera Lúcia Nocchi Cardim¹  Marília Trierveiler Martins¹  Ana Carolina Brandão De Campos Fonseca Pinto¹  Nivaldo Alonso¹ 

[1] ,FMUSP Plastic Surgery São Paulo,Brazil

关键词: Osteogenesis;    Distraction;    Craniofacial Dysostosis;    Skull;    Rabbits;    Osteogênese por Distração.;    Disostose Craniofacial;    Crânio;    Coelhos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-86502010000200009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

PURPOSE: The use of springs in cranial expansion has proven to be effective in the treatment of craniosynostosis. Spring-mediated expansion has been studied both in the sagittal and in parasagittal regions, especially in scaphocephaly. A rabbit model was used in the present study to analyze the effects of springs on the cranial vault and sutures. METHODS: Thirteen 4-week-old New Zealand rabbits were divided into 4 groups: in group I, only amalgam markers were used as control; in group II, amalgam markers were used and sagittal suturectomy was performed; in group III, amalgam markers were used, a sagittal suturectomy was performed and an expansible spring was fitted in the interparietal region and in group IV, markers were used and linear parasagittal craniectomy was carried out with springs. Animals were sacrificed after 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks. Radiological control and histological analysis were performed in the area of spring implantation. RESULTS: In the groups using springs distraction of the craniectomy borders was greater than in those that did not use springs. New bone formation was observed in all groups, and was faster in group II. Bone growth started from the borders and depth. Bone regeneration presented a similar histological pattern in the groups with spring in the sagittal and parasagittal region. CONCLUSION: The rabbit model proved to be adequate for the analysis proposed by the study. The use of springs in the groups with sagittal and parasagittal osteotomy led to a similar distraction of amalgam markers and both groups had similar ossification histological pattern.

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