[Skeletal corrective surgery in the visceral cranium].

Developments of recent decades have resulted in a system of high quality, low relapse osteotomies of the visceral skull and neighboring structures of the neurocranium, which offers almost unlimited, although partially complicated, surgical possibilities. However, as in other medical disciplines, there is the danger that enthusiasm for what is feasible might induce surgeons to go beyond what is necessary. A realistic assessment of the patient benefit therefore must be the basis for indication and implementation more than ever.