Craniofacial surgery consists of operations on the soft tissues and bones in the head and face.
These operations are done primarily on children born with abnormal shapes of the head and face. Sometimes such surgery is done in patients suffering with tumors, injuries or other disorders. The most common reason for doing craniofacial surgery is to correct abnormal head and face shapes, which certain children are born with or develop after birth. This is due to craniosynostosis. In this disorder, a child presents with a characteristic deformity of the head, or head and face.