LOS ANGELES ― A common dilemma in neurosurgery is whether to immediately replace the bone flap in the skull after surgical treatment of an acute subdural hematoma. In a new study, outcomes were nearly ...

An Atlanta couple is suing a local hospital after accusing it of losing part of a patient’s skull after it was removed during brain surgery due to “several bone flaps” that were lacking identification ...

Emory Hospital is currently under fire after reportedly losing a patient's bone skull flap and then charging him to have it replaced. Emory Hospital is under fire after losing part of a patient’s ...

After he healed from that surgery, Cluster was scheduled to have the bone flap reimplanted in early November, but as he was being prepped for the cranioplasty, the complaint states Emory’s staff ...

A craniotomy and craniectomy are two types of surgeries that involve removing a flap of bone from your skull to reveal part of your brain. During a craniotomy, the flap of bone is replaced at the end ...

A couple is suing an Atlanta hospital that allegedly lost part of a patient’s skull after it was removed during brain surgery because “several bone flaps” were lacking identification. Fernando and ...