A craniotomy is a type of brain surgery where a surgeon removes part of your skull to access your brain. During the same surgery, your surgeon will replace the removed part of your skull before closing the incision site. A craniotomy treats tumors, blood clots and epilepsy. It can take up to two months to heal after a craniotomy.

A craniotomy is the surgical removal of part of the bone from the skull to expose the brain for surgery. The surgeon uses special tools to remove the section of bone (the bone flap). After the brain surgery, the surgeon replaces the bone flap.

Craniotomy is a surgical procedure in which part of the skull is removed in order to view the brain. After the surgery is performed to remove the brain tumor, the bone flap is reattached back to the skull using small titanium plates. Surgery is often the most effective way to treat many brain tumors, whether they are benign or malignant.

Pterional craniotomy. A surgeon removes part of the skull on the side of the head in front of and above the ear. Another name for this type of surgery is frontotemporal craniotomy.

Parietal craniotomy is designed to provide an operative exposure of the mid to posterior hemisphere while sparing the highly functional anteriorly located sensorimotor cortices and the posteriorly located visual cortex.