Anterior Skull Base and Pericranial Flap Ossification after Frontofacial Monobloc Advancement.
Frontofacial monobloc advancement creates a communication between the anterior cranial fossa and nasal cavities. To tackle this issue, transorbital pericranial pedicled flaps are routinely performed in the authors' center. This study aimed to assess the postoperative ossification of the anterior skull base and pedicled flaps following frontofacial monobloc advancement, and to identify factors influencing this ossification. Measurements of the skull base only and of the ossified pedicled flaps together with the skull base were performed on computed tomographic scans at the nasofrontal and the nasoethmoid frontal junctions. The total thickness of the skull vault was measured and a qualitative defect score for the anterior skull base was computed. Twenty-two patients who underwent frontofacial monobloc advancement at a medianSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento man has been indicted on charges of embezzling more than half a million dollars from the employee retirement fund at his real estate investment company, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

David Bonuccelli has served as an adviser to California's teacher retirement system.

Prosecutors allege he withdrew $517,000 from his firm's retirement funds in 2012 and lied about the end-of-year balance on forms filed in 2012 and 2013. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each charge.

Bonuccelli's lawyer, Malcolm Segal, says his client borrowed money from his own retirement plan, accounted for it appropriately and has mostly paid it back.

"Mr. Bonuccelli has been a pillar of the Sacramento business community for decades," Segal said. "These