Craniotomy
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A craniotomy is a surgical procedure where a piece of calvarial bone is removed to allow intracranial exposure. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the procedure, usually secured with microplates and screws. If the bone flap is not replaced it is either a craniectomy (bone removed) or cranioplasty (non-osseous surgical repair).
Classification
There are different craniotomies depending on which part of the intracranial cavity needneeds to be accessed 1:
- frontal
- bifrontal
- parietal
- occipital
- pterional (i.e. frontosphenotemporal)
- subtemporal
- anterior parasagittal
- posterior parasagittal
- medial suboccipital
- lateral suboccipital
Complications
- infection including bone flap osteomyelitis, subdural empyema and cerebral abscess
- haemorrhage
- intracranial haemorrhage including remote cerebellar haemorrhage
- scalp/subcutaneous haematomas
- pseudomeningocoele
- tension pneumocephalus
-<p>A <strong>craniotomy</strong> is a surgical procedure where a piece of calvarial bone is removed to allow intracranial exposure. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the procedure, usually secured with microplates and screws. If the bone flap is not replaced it is either a <a href="/articles/craniectomy">craniectomy</a> (bone removed) or <a href="/articles/cranioplasty">cranioplasty</a> (non-osseous surgical repair). </p><h4>Classification</h4><p>There are different craniotomies depending on which part of the intracranial cavity need to be accessed <sup>1</sup>:</p><ul>- +<p>A <strong>craniotomy</strong> is a surgical procedure where a piece of calvarial bone is removed to allow intracranial exposure. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the procedure, usually secured with microplates and screws. If the bone flap is not replaced it is either a <a href="/articles/craniectomy">craniectomy</a> (bone removed) or <a href="/articles/cranioplasty">cranioplasty</a> (non-osseous surgical repair). </p><h4>Classification</h4><p>There are different craniotomies depending on which part of the intracranial cavity needs to be accessed <sup>1</sup>:</p><ul>
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