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Differential diagnosis: Trepanation.
Trepanation is the scraping, cutting, or drilling of an opening (or openings) into the neurocranium. World surveys reveal that a number of ancient cultures experimented with cranial surgery, and that in some areas these practices continued into modern times. Archaeological discoveries of possible trepanations continue to be made, often from geographic areas or time periods from which the practi...
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Trepanation has been performed by people interested in enhancing mental power and well-being since the early 1960s. The pioneers and main proponents of the procedure are described here. The phenomenon appeared in Europe after a Dutch former medical student published a psychoactive drug-friendly scroll suggesting trepanation as a form of permanently increasing cerebral blood volume and function....
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INTRODUCTION Medicine and literature have been linked from ancient times; proof of this shown by the many doctors who have made contributions to literature and the many writers who have described medical activities and illnesses in their works. An example is The Egyptian, the book by Mika Waltari that provides a masterly narration of the protagonist's medical activity and describes the trepanat...
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This paper discusses trepanation frequency data from the Chachapoya region of the northern highlands of Perú. New data from three skeletal samples are presented: Kuelap, Laguna Huayabamba, and Los Pinchudos, as well as isolated crania housed at the Chachapoya Museo Instituto Nacional de Cultura. The vast majority of the trepanations are circular in shape, except for one individual exhibiting as...
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In dieser Arbeit wird ein mechatronisches handgeführtes neurochirurgisches Instrument vorgestellt, das häufig auftretende Komplikationen bei der Eröffnung des Schädels (Trepanation) vermeiden soll. Durch eine Kombination weichgewebeschonender Sägetechnologie und automatischer Schnitttiefenregelung sollen mit dem Sicherheits-Trepanationssystem (STS) Verletzungen der Dura mater verhindert und zud...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1887
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-188707000-00140