Plagiocefalia positioned (flat head) - Treatment

Age is an important factor in treatment. Because the brain is maximal dezvoldarea during the first 12 months of life, deformity correction is indicated in this period to have favorable outcomes.Although many children have good results by the head orthopedic devices in the second year of life, duration of treatment is high and the correction may not be complete.Positional Plagiocefalia is a subject of debate since a therapeutic standpoint. In the past, surgery was performed frequently, especially in response to a craniosinostoze misdiagnosis. In severe cases surgery may be forming a solution yet.Today the most common form of treatment is therapy and therapy band repositioning.
Some doctors will argue that positional plagiogefalia autocorrected as the child grows and becomes mature. This is partially true in mild cases, but most moderate-severe patients are not in this category. Repositioning therapy has the best results at the age of 0-6 months depending on the severity of the deformity.After six months it is more difficult to control the area and the sleeping child therapy is no longer so effective.This therapy should be initiated at an early age, around 5 months.Bands are used up to the age of 18 months, and the effectiveness is greater when the child is younger.
Therapy spotted:It is governed by the simple concept to reposition the baby to not persist on a flat. It is believed that removal of external pressure cause rounding area as the head grows flat. Techniques used include placing a rolled towel to prevent the child's head near the position change.
Therapy band:Therapy band is governed by the classical concept according to which a binding head skull asymmetry child will grow and be guided by the band will take its shape. An alternative technique is developed for dynamic orthosis cranioplastia with a more active approach of positional plagiocefaliei. In this technique, the device is built to apply a slight pressure in the head where the skull is not desired growth and allowing the development of the skull where necessary. Duration of treatment depends on age bands at which a child begins therapy, the particular band model used, which increases the rate and degree of plagiocefalie child.