PEDIATRICS Vol. 42 No. 4 October 1968, pp. 708
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In Reply: Indications of Operations in Craniostenosis

John Shillito Jr. M.D. and Donald D. Matson M.D.

Dr. Freeman's principal objection is that the morbidity rate of 14% is too high for a purely cosmetic operation.

We would like to redirect attention to Table III on page 834, where the complications are tabulated so that their significance may be fully appreciated. May we again emphasize that of all 519 patients, 2 have died as the result of their surgery, and only 3 have anything undesirable to show as a complication of the surgery.