Craniotomy

(Making an opening in the skull to access the brain)

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A craniotomy is the cutting and removal of part of the skull – a bone flap – to allow access to the brain. At the end of the procedure, the bone flap is reattached to the skull.

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Craniotomy

I had a craniotomy for a meningioma. There was the possibility that the tumor would grow and interrupt the blood flow through my brain. Read More

Gail, female, 54, Massachusetts

 

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