The "Nordstrom suture" to enhance scalp reductions

The authors compared the results of 10 scalp reductions using the "Nordstro m suture" with the earlier published results of scalp reductions without a device to prevent stretch-back and of reductions with extenders. At 1 month postoperatively, the Nordstrom suture eliminated the stretch-back of 8.3 m m seen in earlier studies and, in fact, it shrank the bald area. The averag e shrinking achieved with the Nordstrom suture was 16.9 mm (i.e., 143 perce nt improvement over scalp reductions alone). Scalp extenders shrank the bal d area, but the Nordstrom suture shrank the area about three times more tha n extenders at 1 month postoperatively.