title: Inverted frontal bone and pericraniogaleal flap for frontal sinus hypertrophy.
abstract: A 31-year-old man with frontal sinus hypertrophy was treated with an inverted frontal bone and pericraniogaleal flap. Through a coronal incision and anterior supragaleal dissection, a pericraniogaleal flap was raised down to the supraorbital rim, and the frontal bone was exposed. The protruded anterior wall of the frontal sinus was removed with a drill. The excised piece of bone was inverted and replaced and fixed with microplates. The depressed surface of the inverted bone was made full with a folded pericraniogaleal flap. We think that an inversion of the anterior wall of the hypertrophied frontal sinus and topping with a folded pericraniogaleal flap are an alternative measure to treat frontal sinus hypertrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoon Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004954:Esthetics; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps