NIVALDO ALONSO

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Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/04 - Laboratório de Microcirurgia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder

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  • article 18 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Classification of Subtypes of Apert Syndrome, Based on the Type of Vault Suture Synostosis
    (2019) LU, Xiaona; SAWH-MARTINEZ, Rajendra; FORTE, Antonio Jorge; WU, Robin; CABREJO, Raysa; WILSON, Alexander; STEINBACHER, Derek M.; ALPEROVICH, Michael; ALONSO, Nivaldo; PERSING, John A.
    Background: Apert syndrome patients are different in clinical pathology, including obstructive sleep apnea, cleft palate, and mental deficiency. These functional deficiencies may be due to anatomic deformities, which may be caused by different forms of associated suture fusion. Therefore, a classification system of Apert syndrome based on the type of craniosynostosis pattern might be helpful in determining treatment choices. Methods: CT scans of 31 unoperated Apert syndrome and 51 controls were included and subgrouped as: class I. Bilateral coronal synostosis; class II. Pansynostosis; and class III. Perpendicular combination synostosis: a. unilateral coronal and metopic synostosis; b. sagittal with bilateral/unilateral lambdoid synostosis; and c. others. Results: Class I is the most common (55%) subtype. The cranial base angulation of class I was normal; however, the cranial base angulation on the cranium side of the skull in class II increased 12.16 degrees (P = 0.006), whereas the facial side cranial base angle of class IIIa decreased 4.31 degrees (P = 0.035) over time. The external cranial base linear measurements of class I showed more evident reduction in anterior craniofacial structures than posterior, whereas other subtypes developed more severe shortening in the posterior aspects. Conclusions: Bicoronal synostosis is the most common subtype of Apert syndrome with the normalized cranial base angulation. Combined pansynostosis patients have flatter cranial base, whereas the combined unilateral coronal synostosis have a kyphotic cranial base. Class I has more significant nasopharyngeal airway compromise in a vertical direction, whereas classes II and III have more limited oropharyngeal space.
  • article 17 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Analysis of Airway and Midface in Crouzon Syndromes
    (2019) FORTE, Antonio J.; LU, Xiaona; HASHIM, Peter W.; STEINBACHER, Derek M.; ALPEROVICH, Michael; PERSING, John A.; ALONSO, Nivaldo
    Background: Crouzon syndrome is associated with severe respiratory impairment of the upper airway due in part to midfacial dysmorphology. We calculated the distinctive nasal diameter and pharyngeal airway volume in patients with Crouzon syndrome and compared them with age-matched control subjects. Methods: Children with computed tomography scans in the absence of surgical intervention were included. Computed tomography scans were digitized and manipulated using Surgicase CMF (Materialise). Craniometric data relating to the midface and airway were collected. For all linear measurements, mean percent increases or decreases were calculated relative to the size of control subjects, and volumetric assessment of the airway was tabulated. Statistical analysis was performed using t test. Results: Twenty-six computed tomography scans were included (control n = 17, Crouzon n = 9). All children were in early mixed dentition. Pharyngeal airway volume was decreased in patients with Crouzon syndrome relative to control subjects by 46% (P = 0.003). The distance from the posterior tongue to the posterior pharyngeal wall decreased 31% when comparing the Crouzon group versus the control (P = 0.04). Conclusions: Three-dimensional analysis revealed notably decreased pharyngeal and nasal airway volumes in patients with Crouzon syndrome, but nasal bone tissue and soft tissue measurements showed very little change between patients and control subjects.