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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Jun;133(6):822e–827e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000222

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

The first step in splitting cranial bone is to gain access to the diploic space. This is accomplished by inserting a 2-mm straight osteotome between the inner and outer cortices along the cut bone edge.