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 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 that happens because of swelling or bleeding. They ...

Derek Hough announced Thursday that his wife Hayley Erbert was hospitalized with a cranial hematoma and underwent an emergency craniectomy The Walt Disney Company via Getty On Thursday, Derek Hough ...

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 ...