- A
craniotomy is a
surgical operation in
which a bone flap is
temporarily removed from the
skull to
access the brain.
Craniotomies are
often critical operations...
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Awake craniotomy is a
neurosurgical technique and type of
craniotomy that
allows a
surgeon to
remove a
brain tumor while the
patient is
awake to avoid...
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Bifrontal craniotomy is a
surgical process which is used to
target different tumors or
malfunctioning areas of the brain. "Extended
Bifrontal Craniotomy | Brain...
- or MRI scan.
Treatment is
generally by
urgent surgery in the form of a
craniotomy or burr hole, or (in the case of a
spinal epidural hematoma) laminotomy...
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Modern surgeons generally use the term
craniotomy for this procedure.
Unlike in folk practices, a
craniotomy must be
performed only
after diagnostic...
- ecchymosis, is a sign of
basal skull fracture or
subgaleal hematoma, a
craniotomy that
ruptured the meninges, or (rarely)
certain cancers.
Bilateral hemorrhage...
- the age of 32, from
cerebral herniation due to a
malignant glioma. A
craniotomy had been
performed in
January 1999 in an
attempt to
treat the tumor. She...
-
March 1950) is a
British neurosurgeon and author, a
pioneer of
awake craniotomy techniques and of
neurosurgical work in Ukraine.
Marsh is the youngest...
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overdue change." On July 14, 2017,
McCain underwent a
minimally invasive craniotomy at Mayo
Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, to
remove a
blood clot above...
- and
endoscopes are now
being used as well.
Methods that
utilize small craniotomies in
conjunction with high-clarity
microscopic visualization of neural...
