Sinusoidal coronal incision

J Craniofac Surg. 2011 Nov;22(6):2278-80. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31823275d9.

Abstract

Background: The coronal incision is a standard surgical approach in craniofacial surgery. For pediatric patients, it holds a certain risk for unbeneficial aesthetic outcome due to a broadening of the scar in the fast-growing infant skull.

Methods: We readopted the coronal approach over the last decade and developed a sinusoidal type of incision based on the “stealth incision” by Munro and Fearon. We present a calculative standardization of our approach.

Results: The sinusoidal coronal approach assures superior aesthetical results with equivalent skeletal exposure. The surgical procedure is simplified and standardized. Even in the fast-growing infant skull, broadening of the scar or vertical divergence is avoided.

MeSH terms

  • Cicatrix
  • Cranial Sinuses / surgery*
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities / surgery*
  • Craniotomy / methods*
  • Esthetics
  • Humans
  • Infant