P.N. Doerga will defend her PhD dissertation on Tuesday 19 September, entitled: ’The Many Faces of Syndromic Craniosynostosis‘.
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- Date
- Tuesday 19 Sep 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
- Type
- PhD defence
- Space
- Professor Andries Querido room
- Building
- Education Center
- Location
- Erasmus MC
Below is a brief summary of the dissertation:
This thesis shows different aspects of the complex clinical course in children with syndromic craniosynostosis. We examine the cerebral blood flow in children with syndromic craniosynostosis and how it is different to that of normal children. Next we look at the clinical course of obstructive sleep apnea, neurological deficits, and brain abnormalities. We end this thesis with a scoping review, which showed that there has been much research about increased brain pressure in children with syndromic craniosynostosis. However, there is little uniformity, which makes the comparison of results from different research groups difficult or impossible. Further research and a consensus between research groups is necessary. This could make it possible to achieve new and valuable insights to longstanding questions such as what is optimal timing for surgical intervention, and which problems in syndromic craniosynostosis are caused by the genetic defects, and which are the result of increased brain pressure?
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The public defence will begin exactly at 13.00 hrs. The doors will be closed once the public defence starts, latecomers can access the hall via the fourth floor. 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.
