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