Definition: operative repair of a defect of the skull
-- as it pertains to abnormal head shape, surgical cranioplasty
is as an operative procedure designed to improve the symmetry
and/or shape the head. Surgical cranioplasty involves the
resection, remolding and movement the bones of the head.
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