Four- to Seven-Year Aesthetic Outcomes of 2 Bilateral Fronto-orbital Advancement and Reshaping Techniques for Nonsyndromic Metopic Craniosynostosis: Can We Overcorrect Our Way Out of Aesthetic Deterioration?

摘要

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: In 2012, the senior authors modified their previously published technique for bilateral fronto-orbital advancement and reshaping (BFOAR) to more radically “overcorrect” the transverse forehead constriction seen in metopic craniosynostosis. The purpose of this study is to compare the 4- to 7-year aesthetic outcomes of the newer “overcorrected” patients to a similar cohort of patients treated in the years preceding “overcorrection” in an effort to determine whether overcorrection can overcome the aesthetic deterioration of these results over time.