Skull Surgery. You will lie on the operating table and be given general anesthesia. Skull base procedures for example may be designed to traverse the bone containing the ear trans temporal trans petrosal retrosigmoid approaches low on the temple beneath the brain middle fossa approach around the eye trans orbital orbital zygomatic craniofacial approaches.
These are some of the growths and conditions that may be treated by skull base surgery. In some cases the replaced bone or implant must again be removed. Consultants believed he had craniosynostosis and would need reconstructive surgery to stop his skull from growing misshapen.
The basic concept of skull base surgery is to approach the tumor from underneath or from the side by removing specific areas of skull base bone.
Infant skulls can also be shaped non surgically with helmet therapies. The incision area of the scalp is prepped with an antiseptic. Infant skulls can also be shaped non surgically with helmet therapies. You will lie on the operating table and be given general anesthesia.