Most brain surgery requires doctors to remove part of the skull to access hard-to-reach areas or tumors. It's invasive, risky, and it takes a long time for the patient to recover. A mother says years ...

Call neurosurgery for head trauma with falling GCS (especially < 8), new focal deficits or pupillary changes, seizures, or CT showing epidural > 15 mm or subdural > 10 mm.

Craniotomy is a procedure in which a surgeon removes a section of the skull and replaces the piece of bone, or bone flap, immediately afterward using titanium screws and plates. In craniectomy, ...

Andrew SloanA new paper in the October issue of the journal Neurosurgical Focus finds the use of laser beneficial for the removal of large, "inoperable" glioblastoma (GBM) and other types of brain ...

Philadelphia, Pa. (February 7, 2013) – Injury to the subcortical structures of the inner brain is a major contributor to worsening neurological abnormalities after "awake craniotomy" for brain tumors, ...

September 8, 2011 — Octogenarians fare as well as younger patients after craniotomy to remove hematoma following closed-head injury, according to a retrospective medical record review. "Traditional ...

Injury to the subcortical structures of the inner brain is a major contributor to worsening neurological abnormalities after "awake craniotomy" for brain tumors, a new study reports. Injury to the ...