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craniotomy
noun[ C ]
medical specializeduk /ˌkreɪ.niˈɒt.ə.mi/ us /ˌkreɪ.niˈɑː.t̬ə.mi/
a medical operation to make an opening in the skull (= the bones that surround and protect the brain), such as during brain surgery:
The surgeon will perform a craniotomy, removing a small section of the skull to access the brain.
An intracranial haemorrhage may require a craniotomy to locate and control bleeding.
Craniotomy may be necessary if the fluid reaccumulates.
Jessica spent 3 months in intensive care after undergoing a craniotomy to reduce the swelling in her brain.
Emergency craniotomies were carried out in seven patients.
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