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ERN CRANIO animations

ERN CRANIO has developed instructive animations together with experts from the field. The animations will help clinicians and patients to understand more about the rare diseases, surgical procedures and other things that concern treatment.

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Videos have been considered to be very helpful to understand what will happen and why during the course of treatment.

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CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS INFORMATIVE VIDEOS

Recognizing craniosynostosis
09:16

Recognizing craniosynostosis

Animation video on recognizing different forms of craniosynostosis. Contributing centers: Children Health Centre at Temple Street Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO (https://ern-cranio.eu/) Target audience: Healthcare providers working in the field of craniosynostosis and other craniofacial anomalies, and ear, nose and throat disorders. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/48591d08-14ad-216b-9693-247f3bd84617
Genetics & Inheritance
08:13

Genetics & Inheritance

This video explains the basics of genetics and inheritance, giving you examples of how conditions can be inherited and how DNA works.
Genetics & Craniosynostosis
04:37

Genetics & Craniosynostosis

This video explains genetics in craniosynostosis in a simple way. It is complementary to the other video 'Genetics & Inheritance'.
Le Fort Face correction
03:17

Le Fort Face correction

Animation video [In English] on Le Fort Face correction Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/LeFort This video is also available in Dutch on our ERN CRANIO YouTube channel.
Distraction of the back of the skull or Occipital distraction
02:09

Distraction of the back of the skull or Occipital distraction

Animation video [In English] on Distraction of the back of the skull or Occipital distraction Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Animationdistractionskull This video is also available in Dutch on our ERN CRANIO YouTube channel.
Correction of the forehead in Trigonocephaly
02:14

Correction of the forehead in Trigonocephaly

Animation video [In English] on Correction of the forehead in Trigonocephaly Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Correctionoftheforeheadortrigonocephaly This video is also available in Dutch on our ERN CRANIO YouTube channel.
Correction of the forehead in Plagiocephaly
02:07

Correction of the forehead in Plagiocephaly

Animation video [In English] on Correction of the forehead in Plagiocephaly Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Correctionoftheforeheadinplagiosephaly This video is also available in Dutch on our ERN CRANIO YouTube channel.
Classic correction in Scaphocephaly
02:47

Classic correction in Scaphocephaly

Animation video [In English] on Classic correction in Scaphocephaly Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Scaphocephaly This video is also available in Dutch on our ERN CRANIO YouTube channel.
Endoscopically assisted suturectomy for trigonocephaly
02:25

Endoscopically assisted suturectomy for trigonocephaly

Animation video [In English] on Endoscopically assisted suturectomy for trigonocephaly Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/26c7881e-147f-83e2-20fb-d3d3e90d7ea0

CLEFT LIP AND/OR PALATE INFORMATIVE VIDEOS

Alveolar bone grafting: for children with a cleft lip and/or palate
02:57

Alveolar bone grafting: for children with a cleft lip and/or palate

Animation video [In English] on Alveolar bone grafting: for children with a cleft lip and/or palate Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/70e77f28-858d-b3a6-437b-fef8c1c38cf6
Embryonic development: Cleft lip and/or palate
01:43

Embryonic development: Cleft lip and/or palate

Tecknad informationsvideo av embryonal utveckling av läpp käk gomspalt Målgrupp: Patienter och deras familjer. Videon kan också användas som ett verktyg för hälsa och sjukvårds personal. Vill du delge och berätta om dina erfarenheter från att titta på denna tecknade informationsvideo? Ge din feedback anonymt via denna undersökning: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/8d081014-56eb-7679-02a8-361b156db321
Speech surgery: Buccal flap
04:05

Speech surgery: Buccal flap

Animation video [In English] on Speech surgery: Buccal flap Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/f53d8dc4-50b0-4add-8cb2-1aff6f2b4f14
Closure of a cleft palate
03:41

Closure of a cleft palate

Animation video [In English] on Closure of a cleft palate. Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/ca7463aa-3907-7a8c-c7d3-7a8604f4731a
Webinar: Distress and parenting stress in parents of children with a cleft lip
10:41

Webinar: Distress and parenting stress in parents of children with a cleft lip

Presented by Marije van Dalen, PhD candidate/Psychologist, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (17-01-2021) Primary target audience: Patients and their families Subtitles available in English, Dutch and Turkish. Link to scientific paper discussed 'Parenting Children With a Cleft Lip With or Without Palate or a Visible Infantile Hemangioma: A Cross-Sectional Study of Distress and Parenting Stress': https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1055665621993298 Icons designed by Freepik from Flaticon
Speech surgery: Pharyngoplasty
03:12

Speech surgery: Pharyngoplasty

Animation video [In English] on Speech surgery: Pharyngoplasty Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/e8bad794-0594-66e3-82a9-9c789e730c6d

ORODENTAL ANOMALIES INFORMATIVE VIDEOS

Amelogenesis imperfecta: Understanding its aetiology & genetics
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Amelogenesis imperfecta: Understanding its aetiology & genetics

Animation video from the Amelogenesis imperfecta series, video 4: Understanding its aetiology & genetics. Contributing centers: Strasbourg University Hospital O-Rares Network Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO (https://ern-cranio.eu/) Target audience: Healthcare providers working in the field of craniosynostosis and other craniofacial anomalies, and ear, nose and throat disorders. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/433f5eba-88e7-d813-52e2-e95a015d5e0b
Amelogenesis imperfecta: Treatment & management
08:04

Amelogenesis imperfecta: Treatment & management

Animation video from the Amelogenesis imperfecta series, video 3: treatment & management. Contributing centers: Strasbourg University Hospital O-Rares Network Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO (https://ern-cranio.eu/) Target audience: Healthcare providers working in the field of craniosynostosis and other craniofacial anomalies, and ear, nose and throat disorders. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/433f5eba-88e7-d813-52e2-e95a015d5e0b
Amelogenesis imperfecta: Differential diagnosis
06:17

Amelogenesis imperfecta: Differential diagnosis

Animation video from the Amelogenesis imperfecta series, video 2: Differential diagnosis. Contributing centers: Strasbourg University Hospital O-Rares Network Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO (https://ern-cranio.eu/) Target audience: Healthcare providers working in the field of craniosynostosis and other craniofacial anomalies, and ear, nose and throat disorders. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/808d9974-c143-c1e0-dc28-10677c47915e
Amelogenesis imperfecta: Introduction & diagnosis
09:19

Amelogenesis imperfecta: Introduction & diagnosis

Animation video from the Amelogenesis imperfecta series, video 1: Introduction & diagnosis. Contributing centers: Strasbourg University Hospital O-Rares Network Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO (https://ern-cranio.eu/) Target audience: Healthcare providers working in the field of craniosynostosis and other craniofacial anomalies, and ear, nose and throat disorders. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/433f5eba-88e7-d813-52e2-e95a015d5e0b

EAR, NOSE AND THROAT INFORMATIVE VIDEOS

Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
03:38

Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Pediatric Tracheostomy
02:27

Pediatric Tracheostomy

Animation video [In English] on Pediatric Tracheotomy Subtitles available in Swedish. Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Pedtrac
The tracheal cannula: Speaking valves and caps
04:16

The tracheal cannula: Speaking valves and caps

Animation video [In English] on The tracheal cannula: Speaking valves and caps Subtitles available in Swedish. Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/2630cb95-2946-4b94-4ea2-f35e0fdafcee
3D video on Nasal intubation
01:23

3D video on Nasal intubation

This is an ERN CRANIO video on Nasal intubation. Contributing centers: Hôpital Universitaires Necker -Enfants malades Hôpital Universitaires Necker -Enfants malades| ERN CRANIO (https://ern-cranio.eu/) Target audience: Healthcare providers Interested in sharing your feedback on your viewing experience of this video? You can provide your feedback anonymously through this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/6b44ab9f-6cba-48e9-8f9a-0012c7918551
Difficult airway management: Fiberoptic intubation
02:37

Difficult airway management: Fiberoptic intubation

This is an ERN CRANIO video on difficult airway management: Fiberoptic intubation Contributing centers: Hôpital Universitaires Necker -Enfants malades Hôpital Universitaires Necker -Enfants malades| ERN CRANIO (https://ern-cranio.eu/) Target audience: Healthcare providers working in the field of ear, nose and throat disorders. Interested in sharing your feedback on your viewing experience of this video? You can provide your feedback anonymously through this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/0c67a762-306e-f0df-6c96-0c09e392b6dc
Difficult airway management: Intubation through the Laryngeal mask
03:35

Difficult airway management: Intubation through the Laryngeal mask

This is an ERN CRANIO video on difficult airway management: Intubation through the Laryngeal mask We have obtained permission from both parents to use the images and video material featuring the child in this video. Contributing centers: Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | ERN CRANIO (https://ern-cranio.eu/) Target audience: Healthcare providers working in the field of ear, nose and throat disorders. Interested in sharing your feedback on your viewing experience of this video? You can provide your feedback anonymously through this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/52eb2b97-fd8f-59bc-2b8b-07cc4837c4cb

OTHER CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES

Craniofacial surgery for neurofibromatosis
14:03

Craniofacial surgery for neurofibromatosis

Presentation by Irene Mathijssen, Plastic Surgeon and ERN CRANIO coordinator, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
Soft tissue surgery for neurofibromatosis
12:11

Soft tissue surgery for neurofibromatosis

Presentation by Irene Mathijssen, Plastic Surgeon and ERN CRANIO coordinator, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
Oor reconstructie - Microtie (In het Nederlands)
05:20

Oor reconstructie - Microtie (In het Nederlands)

Animatie video [In het Nederlands] over Oor reconstructie voor Microtie Doelgroep: Patienten en hun familie/verzorgers. Deze video zou ook gebruikt kunnen worden door zorg professionals als uitleg. Wil je ons wat laten weten over je ervaring met deze video? Laat het ons anoniem weten via deze Enquête (Selecteer Nederlands aan de rechterzijde van de pagina): https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Earreconstruction
Ear Reconstruction - Microtia
05:23

Ear Reconstruction - Microtia

Animation video [In English] on Ear Reconstruction for Microtia. Subtitles available in Spanish. Target audience: Patients and their families/carers. The video could also be used as an explanatory tool by healthcare professionals. Do you want to tell us about your experience of watching this animation? Provide your feedback anonymously via this survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Earreconstruction
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