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![](db+"spacer.gif?Openimageresource") Clinical Specialty
MI Center: Craniosynostosis
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| PROGRAM DESCRIPTION |
Endoscopic craniosynostosis repair is a procedure offered at St. Louis Children's Hospital for patients diagnosed with some types of craniosynostosis. This innovative treatment offers many advantages to the patient and family over open craniosynostosis, including significantly shorter recovery time, smaller scars, less discomfort and swelling, and shorter hospitalizations. This innovative procedure for the treatment of some types of craniosynostosis is offered at St. Louis Children's Hospital by Dr. Matthew D. Smyth and Dr. Alex Kane. Using a team approach to the procedure, Dr. Kane and Dr. Smyth utilize an endoscope through two small incisions measuring about 1.5 inches each at the top of the head. A segment of bone is removed near the fused bone and in a few other places which releases the fusion. No plating or reshaping are performed. Instead, in the first week after surgery, a custom molding helmet is made, which the patient wears for up to a year. This approach results in shorter operation times and shorter hospitalizations, but doesn't achieve as dramatic an initial correction as traditional, open, surgical techniques. Nevertheless, with the addition of molding helmet therapy, excellent cosmetic outcomes can be achieved. Pre and postoperative care is coordinated through the Craniofacial Team Clinic and the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
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| CONDITIONS & TREATMENTS |
Craniosynostosis
Endoscopic Craniosynostosis Repair
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| FACULTY |
Pediatric Neurosurgery Provider
Matthew D. Smyth, M.D., FACS, FAAP, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Pediatric Plastic Neurosurgery Providers
Alex A. Kane, M.D.
Albert S. Woo, M.D.
Physician Assistant and Nursing Staff
Sybill Naido, RN, MSN, Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Sybil Scheve, RN, Patient coordinator, Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute
Rebecca May, PA-C, Neurosurgery physician assistant
Office Staff
Shannon Dobbs, Neurosurgery secretary 454-4454
Amy Watkins, Plastic surgery secretary 454-4894
Collaborating Faculty
Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Alex A. Kane, M.D.
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| MAKE AN APPOINTMENT |
Matthew Smyth, M.D.
(314) 454-4454
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| PATIENT OFFICE LOCATIONS |
Pediatric patients are seen at
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Suite 4s20 and Suite 2A
St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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