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 ...

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Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) was associated with lower in-hospital mortality and better discharge outcomes than conventional open craniotomy, a new ...

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 ...

Doctors at Kalyan Singh Cancer Institute in Chak Ganjaria in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on Wednesday successfully removed a brain tumour using the Awake Craniotomy technique. The patient remained awake ...

To test complex brain functions during neurosurgical procedures, surgeons must operate on awake, locally anesthetized patients. This allows surgeons to interact with them and test how their ...