A craniotomy is type of brain surgery. It involves removing part of the skull, or cranium, to access the brain. The bone is replaced when the surgery is done. In general, a craniotomy is done to ...

A suboccipital craniotomy is a surgical approach that allows a surgeon to access a specific area within the base of the skull. A person may have this surgery if they have a tumor or another issue ...

Pterional craniotomy is a surgery that involves removing part of the skull to access the skull base. Doctors widely use the procedure for managing certain lesions, tumors, and aneurysms. Pterional ...

A craniotomy and craniectomy are two types of surgeries that involve removing a flap of bone from your skull to reveal part of your brain. During a craniotomy, the flap of bone is replaced at the end ...

In this study, we tried to discover the essence of patients' experiences when they undergo awake craniotomy. The results cannot be generalized because they were taken fromthe singular experiences of ...

Traumatic acute subdural hematomas frequently warrant surgical evacuation by means of a craniotomy (bone flap replaced) or decompressive craniectomy (bone flap not replaced). Craniectomy may prevent ...

A burr hole procedure is a brain surgery that is often done after mild to severe head injuries. In this procedure, a brain surgeon drills a small hole in your skull to drain blood from your brain.

It was evident that awake craniotomy surgery is a complex experience with a considerable impact on the patient ( Table 2 and Table 3). The participants felt that the intervention done under local ...