How to Use craniotomy in a Sentence

craniotomy

noun

• Over the next two-and-a-half hours, surgeons performed a craniotomy to remove the blood buildup (epidural hematoma) from Jaden's brain.
  — Maria Carter, Woman's Day, 28 Apr. 2016
• A craniotomy is a procedure in which physicians temporarily remove part of the skull to reach the brain.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 17 July 2017
• The man was treated at Anand Rishi Hospital and craniotomy surgery, where a bone flap is removed so the brain can be accessed, was performed to remove the key.
  — Fox News, 23 Apr. 2018
• Vorster said there are two procedures to relieve this pressure: a burr hole or craniotomy.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2019
• Fifteen out of the 18 patients required craniotomies, according to the report.
  — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 1 May 2023
• Turner was under anesthetic while Ashkan and his colleagues performed the craniotomy, or removal of part of the skull.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2020
• The only fix consists of a three-hour surgery in which Nelson repairs the bone with a piece of the patient’s craniotomy and patches the dura with tissue taken from the muscle over the ear.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2017
• Another craniotomy in Houston, just before Christmas, revealed a cyst in the same spot as the tumor.
  — Melissa Gregory, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2020
• More severe cases involve a craniotomy, where doctors will remove a portion of the skull.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2019
• In order to do her vision work, her monkey has a craniotomy, a small hole in its skull to facilitate the attachment of electrodes.
  — Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2020
• Sinbad's brain had also swollen, so doctors performed a craniotomy to relieve pressure and reduce the swelling.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
• Doctors discovered a brain tumor and rushed Sloane in for an emergency craniotomy to remove it.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
• The more recent development, after a third craniotomy, is seizures.
  — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2022
• Taken in that light, a craniotomy can be a relaxing experience, rather than one of abject terror.
  — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• The procedure, now called a craniotomy, is used to relieve pressure on a swelling brain, or grant access to a stroke victim’s hemorrhaging blood vessel, among others.
  — Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2019
• In one from 1987 Mr. Saul, looking like an addled Baby Yoda, has undergone a craniotomy which has left his brain exposed, letting us see its contents.
  — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
• Smith and Elizabeth were shocked when doctors returned and revealed that Sloane had a brain tumor and required an emergency craniotomy — the surgical removal of part of the bone from the skull to expose the brain per Johns Hopkins.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
• The team implanted the system in a rat, performing a craniotomy to place 48 of the neurograins on the cerebral cortex—the outer layer of the brain—arranging the microchips to cover most of the motor and sensory areas.
  — Emily Mullin, Wired, 13 Sep. 2021
• Since the pandemic began, Henry Ford doctors still were able to perform a heart transplant, two liver transplants and several craniotomies.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 May 2020
• While performing a craniotomy to relieve some of the pressure, doctors noticed a bleed and he was placed on a ventilator in a medically-induced coma in the Neuro-ICU.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2022
• Modern surgeons sometimes use a similar procedure, called a craniotomy, to relieve pressure from bleeding under the membrane that surrounds the brain.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2022
• Called craniotomy, this skull-cutting technique is still used today during brain surgery to treat neurological diseases, injuries, tumors, and blood clots.
  — Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2010
• Now by simply turning their head, the surgeon can explore a patient's anatomy and plan everything from the craniotomy, the surgical opening into the skull, to a clear surgical path and trajectory for the procedure.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 24 Oct. 2019
• A pathologist was in the operating room during the procedure, a minimally invasive craniotomy with an eyebrow incision, said his doctor, who added that the surgery lasted about three to four hours.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 19 July 2017
• Today, doctors are using advanced techniques to perform neurosurgeries, including the awake craniotomy, laser ablation and biomarkers to light up the tumor.
  — Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald, 25 May 2018
• McCain on July 14 underwent an emergency craniotomy to address a blood clot that was later revealed to be associated with glioblastoma, a deadly kind of brain cancer.
  — Dan Nowicki, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2017
• On July 16, surgeons performed a craniotomy on McClellan.
  — Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
• This wasn't supposed to be a vicious uppercut, a malignant tumor that ultimately would require Ryan to undergo a craniotomy, then 42 weeks of chemotherapy with seven weeks of radiation.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2017
• Over the past 29 years, Vivian has undergone a mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, Tamoxifen, a stem cell transplant, a craniotomy and other cancer treatments.
  — Michelle Matthews, AL.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• During the procedure, called a craniotomy, surgeons successfully removed a 5-centimeter clot through an eyebrow incision.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 18 July 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024