… Due to this potential benefits in both esthetic outcome and intracranial volume, we
adopted the Melbourne technique, with some modifications (see “Materials and Methods”
section), as our standard operation for children with scaphocephaly too old for spring-assisted
cranioplasty in 2015. We report our results, the first series since the original paper to do so. …
Our experience in these 11 patients broadly reflects that of the original series: that the
Melbourne technique is a safe and effective procedure for the correction of scaphocephaly …