Craniosynostosis Care at Mayo Clinic
Craniosynostosis care at Mayo Clinic
Your Mayo Clinic care team
At Mayo Clinic Children's in Minnesota, experts in the Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic include specialists in neurosurgery, plastic surgery, genetic and hereditary conditions (clinical genomics), medical social services, and pediatric rehabilitation. The types of experts involved depend on your child's needs. Children who need to be in the hospital are cared for at Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital.
Extensive experience
Each year, doctors at Mayo Clinic Children's diagnose and treat more than 400 children who have craniosynostosis or other craniofacial conditions. Specialists treat all types of craniosynostosis, ranging from complex genetic syndromes to single fusions, including sagittal, coronal, metopic and lambdoid craniosynostosis.
Advanced diagnosis and treatment
Mayo Clinic Children's offers virtual surgical planning for treatment of craniosynostosis. Using a virtual surgical plan, Mayo Clinic surgeons can customize the procedure for craniosynostosis to the individual child with a high degree of detail.
Mayo Clinic surgeons also:
- Adjusted traditional endoscopic procedures, treating sagittal craniosynostosis with one surgical cut instead of the traditional two cuts.
- Studied the ideal length of time for a helmet to be worn after surgery to get the best result and not be worn longer than needed.
- Are exploring new endoscopic techniques that may be used alone without the need to wear a helmet after surgery.
Expertise and rankings
Mayo Clinic's pediatric specialists, including pediatric neurosurgeons, have outstanding expertise and experience with all types of craniosynostosis. Mayo Clinic has an exceptional plastic surgery center that offers a craniofacial clinic.
Mayo Clinic Children's
Highly skilled pediatric experts diagnose and treat all types of conditions in children. As a team, we work together to find answers, set goals and develop a treatment plan tailored to your child's needs.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery and rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report. In U.S. News & World Report’s regional analysis, Mayo Clinic Children’s is ranked No. 1 in Minnesota and No. 1 in the five-state Upper Midwest region, which includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Locations, travel and lodging
Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.
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Costs and insurance
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people.
In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
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