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Design and created by Guideline Central in participation with the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Management of Patients with Positional Plagiocephaly

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Publication Date: Nov 1, 2016

Page Last Updated: May 5, 2026

Levels of Evidence

Document Overview

Document Title: Management of Patients with Positional Plagiocephaly

Authoring Society: Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Document Publication Date: Nov 1, 2016

Page Last Reviewed/Updated: May 5, 2026

Document Type: Guideline

Country of Publication: United States

Full Text Freely Available: Yes

Full Text Guideline: www.doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000001426

Source Citation: Neurosurgery, Volume 79, Issue 5, November 2016, Pages 623–624, https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000001426

Supplemental Implementation Resources

Document Scope, Criteria, and Use Cases

Document Objectives: To create evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of pediatric positional plagiocephaly.

Scope: Assessment and Screening, Management, Treatment

Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)

D049068 - Plagiocephaly, Nonsynostotic

D059041 - Plagiocephaly

D049068 - Plagiocephaly, Nonsynostotic

D059041 - Plagiocephaly

Keywords: infants, positional plagiocephaly

Target Patient Population: Infants with positional plagiocephaly

Inclusion Criteria: Male, Female, Infant

Health Care Settings: Ambulatory, Outpatient

Intended Users: Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Physician, Physician Assistant

Recommendation Development Processes & Methodology

Supplemental Methodology Resources: Data Supplement Data Supplement Data Supplement Data Supplement Data Supplement

Number of Source Documents: 38

Literature Search End Date: Friday, October 31, 2014

Includes peer/external review process?: Yes

Includes public comment process?: No

Methodologist involvement?: Yes

Patient involvement?: No

Includes multi-disciplinary group?: Yes

Includes systematic review?: Yes

Grades quality of strength of evidence?: Yes

Grades quality of strength of recommendation?: Yes

Discloses funding source?: Yes

Discloses conflicts of interest?: Yes

Includes benefits/harms analysis with recommendations?: Yes

Identifies study selection process?: Yes

Identifies study selection criteria?: Yes

Identifies methods used to evaluate and analyze the evidence?: Yes

Identifies key questions addressed by the systematic review?: Yes

Identifies search strategy?: Yes

Level of evidence	Description
Level I	Systematic review of randomized trials or n-of-1 trials
Level II	Randomized trial or observational study with dramatic effect
Level III	Non-randomized controlled cohort/follow-up study
Level IV	Case-series, case-control or historically controlled studies
Level V	Mechanism-based reasoning