Lateral canthal advancement of the supraorbital margin

Abstract

In coronal synostosis, in addition to fusion of the coronal suture, the frontosphenoidal and frontoethmoidal sutures are usually closed. A linear craniectomy along the coronal sutures does not affect the synostotic process at the base of the skull. The facility with which the supraorbital margin could be mobilized in Tessier''s method of craniofacial repair suggested a modification to the approach to coronal synostosis, creating an artificial suture at the base of the skull and allowing for proper correction of this disorder. During the past 3 yr, 15 patients were treated with coronal synostosis by this technique, termed lateral canthal advancement. The method of this form of surgical management and its results are discussed.