1. Nowadays this procedure is still used but is normally called a craniectomy . 2. Treatment involves removal of the etiologic mass and decompressive craniectomy . 3. Soon after, in 1891, linear craniectomy was introduced. 4. Kocher later also found that decompressive craniectomy was an effective method to lower ICP. 5. If the bone is not replaced, then the procedure is considered a craniectomy . 6. Recently, with the advent of endoscopy, attention has returned to endoscopic strip craniectomy . 7. Strip craniectomy was easier and involved less blood loss compared with the newer cranial vault reconstruction. 8. If possible, the original skull fragment is preserved after the craniectomy in anticipation of the cranioplasty. 9. These patients accordingly underwent craniectomy to remove the involved suture line and to " release the brain ". 10. Decompressive craniectomy is also used to manage major strokes, associated with " malignant " edema and intracranial hypertension.
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