bone flap
Removed skull piece
A bone flap is a section of skull that surgeons temporarily remove during brain surgery to access the brain beneath.
After the procedure, the bone flap is typically reattached with plates and screws.
The term reflects the surgical technique: the bone is cut but often left partially attached, creating a hinge-like flap that can be lifted and replaced.
The neurosurgeon carefully replaced the bone flap after removing the tumor.
- craniotomySurgical skull removal procedure
- brain surgeryOperating on cranial tissue
- skullHead's bone casing
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- neurosurgeryMedical field treating brain surgically
brain · titanium · plate · screws · incision · dura · scalp · exposed · hinge · replacement · cranioplasty · swelling · trauma · head trauma · mesh · fixation · skull fracture · burr
- neurosurgerybrain surgery, neurosurgery, craniotomy, brain tumor removal, deep brain stimulation
- bone surgeryspinal fusion, cranioplasty, autograft, allograft
- surgical flaps