How to Use craniotomy in a Sentence

craniotomy

noun
  • The Smiths moved her into their bed following the first craniotomy so she could be properly propped up.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
  • More severe cases involve a craniotomy, where doctors will remove a portion of the skull.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2019
  • 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
  • Doctors performed an exploratory craniotomy, where a part of the skull is removed to examine the brain.
    — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • After a craniotomy, the portion of the skull that was removed is replaced (craniectomy) after the swelling goes down.
    — Smita Patel, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The more recent development, after a third craniotomy, is seizures.
    — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • During a craniotomy, a surgeon will remove a portion of the skull to relieve pressure and resolve the bleeding.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Taken in that light, a craniotomy can be a relaxing experience, rather than one of abject terror.
    — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • To place the 25 chips in Bussard’s brain, surgeons performed a routine craniotomy to remove a piece of his skull.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • Doctors discovered a brain tumor and rushed Sloane in for an emergency craniotomy to remove it.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 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
  • Fifteen out of the 18 patients required craniotomies, according to the report.
    — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 1 May 2023
  • Mellencamp underwent a craniotomy with a tumor resection, where four tumors were removed from her brain.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Urakawa underwent a craniotomy to also treat a subdural hematoma but died Saturday.
    — Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Another craniotomy in Houston, just before Christmas, revealed a cyst in the same spot as the tumor.
    — Melissa Gregory, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Batten was rushed into emergency brain surgery, undergoing a craniotomy where part of the skull is removed to relieve pressure from swelling.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • In the fall of 2023, doctors removed a benign lesion from Woodland’s brain in a craniotomy.
    — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • February The night of the shooting, Skye undergoes an emergency craniotomy to relieve the pressure from the swelling in her skull.
    — Elise Wrabetz, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • She was rushed to a hospital, diagnosed with a subdural hematoma and a craniotomy was immediately performed, saving her life.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Storms previously underwent a craniotomy in 2021 for the removal of noncancerous cysts from her brain.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • This technique requires arrays that cover relatively large areas, necessitating removal of at least an equal area of skull in a procedure known as a craniotomy.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2023
  • However, Isabella was hospitalized at the time due to her emergency craniotomy.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024

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