Introduction: The diagnosis and timely treatment of congenital muscular torticollis with physiotherapy can avoid their sequence of craniofacial asymmetry, which is difficult to correct once they have been established1. Cases that do not respond to initial medical treatment benefit from surgery. Objectives: To identify the clinical and surgical characteristics of the pediatric population with surgical treatment for congenital torticollis. Methods: Descriptive and retrospective study, carried out in the Pediatric Unit of the Head and Maxillofacial Surgery Service of the Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital. The sample consisted of 30 pediatric patients, with surgical treatment for congenital muscular torticollis during the last 15 years, who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the patients' clinical histories were reviewed. The statistics used were descriptive. Results:...

Introduction: The diagnosis and timely treatment of congenital muscular torticollis with physiotherapy can avoid their sequence of craniofacial asymmetry, which is difficult to correct once they have been established1. Cases that do not respond to initial medical treatment benefit from surgery. Objectives: To identify the clinical and surgical characteristics of the pediatric population with surgical treatment for congenital torticollis. Methods: Descriptive and retrospective study, carried out in the Pediatric Unit of the Head and Maxillofacial Surgery Service of the Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital. The sample consisted of 30 pediatric patients, with surgical treatment for congenital muscular torticollis during the last 15 years, who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the patients' clinical histories were reviewed. The statistics used were descriptive. Results:...