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Avoidance of the frontal sinus is important to reduce the risk of postoperative surgical site infection, epidural abscess formation, and mucocele development.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>OBJECTIVE<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To determine the reliability of the supraorbital notch as a marker of the lateral location of the frontal sinus.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cadaveric dissections were used with image guidance software to define the relationship between the frontal sinus and supraorbital foramen.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The supraorbital notch was located 2.54 cm from midline and the lateral extent of the frontal sinus extended 2.84 mm lateral to the supraorbital notch. When performing a craniotomy extending medially to the supraorbital notch at a perpendicular angle, the frontal sinus was breached in 65% of craniotomies. When the craniotomy ended 10 mm lateral to the supraorbital notch, the rate of frontal sinus breach decreased to 10%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>When performing a craniotomy involving the supraorbital notch, a lateral to medial trajectory that ends 15 mm to the supraorbital notch will minimize the risk of frontal sinus violation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ons\/opy223","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,30]],"date-time":"2018-08-30T22:14:38Z","timestamp":1535667278000},"page":"360-367","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Is the Supraorbital Notch a Reliable Landmark to Avoid the Frontal Sinus?"],"prefix":"10.1227","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Thomas A","family":"Ostergard","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chad A","family":"Glenn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simone E","family":"Dekker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicholas C","family":"Bambakidis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,3]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"bib1-20240909","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"504","DOI":"10.1093\/neuros\/nyx046","article-title":"Frontal sinus breach during routine frontal craniotomy significantly increases risk of surgical site infection: 10-year retrospective analysis","volume":"81","author":"Linzey","year":"2017","journal-title":"Neurosurgery"},{"issue":"5","key":"bib2-20240909","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"945","DOI":"10.1097\/00005537-200405000-00031","article-title":"Frontal sinus complications after frontal craniotomy","volume":"114","author":"Meetze","year":"2004","journal-title":"Laryngoscope"},{"issue":"2","key":"bib3-20240909","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"336","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1998.89.2.0336","article-title":"Orbitozygomatic craniotomy. 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