An Illustrative Review of Common Modern Craniotomies

Dinesh Rao; Rebecca Tuan Le; Peter Fiester; Jeet Patel; Gazanfar Rahmathulla

doi:10.25259/JCIS_176_2020

An Illustrative Review of Common Modern Craniotomies

J Clin Imaging Sci. 2020 Dec 10:10:81. doi: 10.25259/JCIS_176_2020. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Dinesh Rao¹, Rebecca Tuan Le^{1

2}, Peter Fiester¹, Jeet Patel¹, Gazanfar Rahmathulla³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
² Department of Radiology, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York, United States.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.

Abstract

Craniotomy, or a surgical opening into the skull, has been observed as early as Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. Early craniotomies carried great morbidity and mortality and standardized during the 20^th century, improving surgical outcomes. The simultaneous evolution of medical imaging and stereotactic navigation systems has allowed imaging to correlate findings with surgical approaches, further optimizing patient safety. We review the history of craniotomy and provide an imaging review of the most common craniotomy approaches.

Keywords: Craniotomy; Diagnosis; Medical history; Neurosurgery; Radiology.

Publication types

Review