LOS ANGELES ― A common dilemma in neurosurgery is whether to immediately replace the bone flap in the skull after surgical treatment of an acute subdural hematoma. In a new study, outcomes were nearly ...

Rest assured, we know how we'll crack open your skull now. Image Credit Rama, via Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 France The New England Journal of Medicine has reported the results from a ...

A 36 year-old man suffered a large right hemisphere ischemic stroke resulting in an acute left hemiplegia. Within a day, he was stuporous. To save his life and prevent herniation, a right sided ...

In an international trial involving 450 patients with acute subdural hematoma, craniotomy (bone flap replaced) and decompressive craniectomy (bone flap left out) yielded similar disability-related ...

A craniectomy is a type of brain surgery in which doctors remove a section of a person's skull. Doctors do this surgery to ease pressure on the brain caused by swelling or bleeding. You might hear ...