B.K. den Ottelander will defend her PhD dissertation on Thursday, 23 November 2023, entitled: ’Intracranial Hypertension in Syndromic Craniosynostosis: Prevalence, detection, pathophysiology and treatment‘.
- Promotor
- Co-promotor
- Date
- Thursday 23 Nov 2023, 10:30 - 12:00
- Type
- PhD defence
- Space
- Senate Hall
- Building
- Erasmus Building
- Location
- Campus Woudestein
Below is a brief summary about the dissertation:
This thesis highlights several aspects regarding the clinical course and treatment of syndromic craniosynostosis. First, we evaluate the prevalence of (syndromic) craniosynostosis: how many children are born with this rare condition in the Netherlands? Thereafter, we focus on the detection of (risk factors for) elevated intracranial pressure: can we use the head circumference as a reliable indicator of the intracranial volume? Can we improve the detection of intracranial hypertension by adding retina scans to the follow-up protocol? Also, the consequences of raised intracranial pressure are assessed: do we see changes in brain cortical thickness? Or in the retinal thickness and/or visual acuity? Finally, we evaluated the treatment protocol for Muenke and Saehtre-Chotzen syndrome: how do we prevent and treat raised intracranial pressure in these syndromes? Should we focus on intracranial hypertension only?
- More information
The public defence will begin exactly at 10.30 hrs. The doors will be closed once the public defence starts, latecomers may be able to watch on the screen outside. There is no possibility of entrance during the first part of the ceremony. Due to the solemn nature of the ceremony, we recommend that you do not take children under the age of 6 to the first part of the ceremony.
A live stream link has been provided to the candidate.
