Craniotomy with Ridges: A Time and Cost-Efficient Technique for Unwavering Fixation of Bone Flap

Özet

After advent of the power driven tools, the ease of surgeons and pace of surgery has been enhanced. Nowadays, most of theneurosurgeons are tend to use the motorized drills for elevating a bone flap to make a craniotomy. The bone cutting by thecraniotome is wide and nonbeveled, which mandates the fixation of bone flap at closure, either by wiring, miniplates, or otherfixation techniques. This not only lengthens the duration of surgery but also adds extra cost of miniplates to the patient. Here weare presenting a novel technique of elevating a bone flap where fixation at the end of surgery is not obligatory, without any risk ofsinking of bone flap into the craniotomy defect.