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 ...

Pterional craniotomy is a surgery that involves removing part of the skull to access the skull base. Doctors widely use the procedure for managing certain lesions, tumors, and aneurysms. Pterional ...

Surgery often reduces symptoms of pituitary tumors. Following your post-operative instructions helps minimize your chance of complications. Your pituitary gland is found at the base of your brain. It ...

Pituitary tumor surgery is the primary treatment for most types of tumors that grow on your pituitary gland. Treatment is often needed if the tumor is cancerous or if it’s large and disrupting your ...

Among adults requiring surgical evacuation for traumatic acute subdural hematoma, it is not known whether decompressive craniectomy is associated with improved outcomes over craniotomy. New research ...

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 ...

To test complex brain functions during neurosurgical procedures, surgeons must operate on awake, locally anesthetized patients. This allows surgeons to interact with them and test how their ...

Michael Strahan’s daughter Isabella has experienced a setback in her battle against brain cancer. The 19-year-old model emotionally revealed on her YouTube vlog Friday that she had to undergo a third ...

Former IBF strawweight champion Ginjiro Shigeoka is under observation at a private hospital in Osaka, Japan, after undergoing a craniotomy following his split decision loss to Pedro Taduran over the ...