trephining
Cranial hole making
Trephining is the surgical practice of drilling or cutting a hole in the skull.
The procedure dates to prehistoric times, evidenced by ancient skulls with healed openings.
Modern surgeons trephine to relieve pressure from bleeding or swelling in the brain, or to access brain tissue.
The tool used is called a trephine.
The patient underwent emergency trephining after the head injury.
Surgical skull portion removal
- neurosurgeryMedical field treating brain surgically
- skullHead's bone casing
- drillHole-boring device
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
hematoma · decompression · perforation · neurosurgeon · sterile · anesthesia · procedure · suture
Final Stone Age period
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
- skullHead's bone casing
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
- obsidianGlassy igneous rock
shaman · burial · archaeological · excavation · artifact · anthropology · prehistoric · primitive
Easing of distress
- pressureForce upon contact
- headacheCranial pain
- epilepsyBrain disorder causing seizures
- treatmentCare for an ailment
medieval · cure · humors · bloodletting · seizure · migraine · convulsion
Indigenous spiritual healer
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
divination · tribal · ancestors · purification · possession · demonic · consciousness · mystical
craniectomy
Surgical skull portion removal
- neurosurgeryMedical field treating brain surgically
- skullHead's bone casing
- drillHole-boring device
incision · hematoma · decompression · perforation · neurosurgeon · sterile · anesthesia · procedure · suture · scalpel
neolithic
Final Stone Age period
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
- skullHead's bone casing
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
obsidian · shaman · burial · archaeological · excavation · artifact · anthropology · prehistoric · primitive · hunter-gatherer
relief
Easing of distress
treatment · medieval · cure · humors · bloodletting · seizure · migraine · convulsion
shaman
Indigenous spiritual healer
incantation · divination · tribal · ancestors · purification · possession · demonic · consciousness · mystical · enlightenment
trephiningdermabrasion
Abrasive cosmetic facial procedure
non-invasive treatment · topical treatment · scarification · skin grafting · palpation
trephiningcranioplasty
Surgical skull defect correction
bone grafting · closure · sealing · suturing · patching
trephine, craniotomy, trepanation, trepanning, trepan, trephination, trepanned