The drugs your doctor gives you depend on the cause and symptoms of brain swelling. Ventriculostomy: In this procedure, a surgeon cuts a small hole in the skull and inserts a plastic drain tube.

Doctors were forced to remove a large part of a British woman’s skull after she was hit by a car while crossing the street. In June 2018, Steph Blake, 22, told South West News Service (SWNS), a ...

The roughly 4-inch-by-8-inch portion of Kirk’s skull was removed the day after he began experiencing symptoms, in order to make room for swelling caused by the stroke. In a statement Tuesday ...