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1 cm reduction per side = 2 cm reduction in head width. That’s an utterly insane difference.
Cephalic Index Chart:
1 cm reduction per side will make a guy go from brachycephalic directly to dolicho.
If someone’s skull is 16.5 cm wide and 20 cm long, their cephalic index is 0.825, right in the middle of the brachy range. If they get that Eppley surgery and narrow down the side of their head by 1 cm on each side, they’d end up with a 14.5 cm wide skull and a cephalic index of 0.725, a mid-dolicho index.
If that ain’t mind-blowing enough, the average thickness of men’s temporal bones is only about 4 mm. The temporalis muscles, located on the sides of the head, are 6 mm thick on average for men.
1 cm reduction per side would leave a man with literally no skull on the sides of his head.
With all that being said, the surgeons obviously know way more about this than I do, so surely their claims are at the very least somewhat accurate. So here’s my question to the surgery experts: how is a 1 cm per side reduction in head width achieved?
Cephalic Index Chart:
Dolichocephalic | 0.7 – 0.75 |
Mesocephalic | 0.75 – 0.8 |
Brachycephalic | 0.8 – 0.85 |
1 cm reduction per side will make a guy go from brachycephalic directly to dolicho.
If someone’s skull is 16.5 cm wide and 20 cm long, their cephalic index is 0.825, right in the middle of the brachy range. If they get that Eppley surgery and narrow down the side of their head by 1 cm on each side, they’d end up with a 14.5 cm wide skull and a cephalic index of 0.725, a mid-dolicho index.
If that ain’t mind-blowing enough, the average thickness of men’s temporal bones is only about 4 mm. The temporalis muscles, located on the sides of the head, are 6 mm thick on average for men.
1 cm reduction per side would leave a man with literally no skull on the sides of his head.
With all that being said, the surgeons obviously know way more about this than I do, so surely their claims are at the very least somewhat accurate. So here’s my question to the surgery experts: how is a 1 cm per side reduction in head width achieved?
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