OCULAR FINDINGS IN CHILDREN OPERATED ON FOR PLAGIOCEPHALY AND TRIGONOCEPHALY

Clinical examination of patients affected by plagiocephaly or trigonoc ephaly reveals evident malformation of the orbits, and the ocular repe rcussions are more pronounced when children are operated on at an adva nced age. Since it is generally accepted that binocular vision is full y developed by approximately 6 months of age, a late correction of pla giocephalic or trigonocephalic skull deformities may be an obstacle to the development of normal visual function. For the present report we investigated astigmatism and strabismus in 53 children, 39 of whom wer e operated on for plagiocephaly and 14 for trigonocephaly. Traction on the ocular globe induced by the bony deformation caused by the cranio synostosis may explain astigmatism and strabismus.