Craniotomy Surgery Cost in India

• Removal of brain tumors
• Brain aneurysm repair
• Drainage of brain abscess
• Resection of arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Repair of full fracture
• Epilepsy treatment
• Hematoma treatment
• Implantation of a neurostimulator (or brain pacemaker) to treat Parkinson's Disease
• Repair tear in the dura matter
• Treatment of infection or swelling in the brain
• To relieve pressure from the brain
• To perform a biopsy

Types of Craniotomies

There are five different types of craniotomy surgeries. In India, practically every major hospital performs each of these techniques for craniotomy.

• Extended Bifrontal Craniotomy: A part of the frontal skull is temporarily removed to remove malignancies such as esthesioneuroblastoma, malignant skull base tumors, and meningiomas.
• Supra-Orbital Craniotomy: Using minimally invasive procedures, small incisions are made in the brow to gain access to the front section of the brain and remove the tumor. This procedure can also be used to remove pituitary tumors.
• Retro-Sigmoid Craniotomy: A small incision is made behind the patient's ear to provide access to the cerebellum and brain stem in order to remove tumors such as meningiomas and acoustic neuromas.
• Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy: Aneurysms, meningiomas, craniopharyngiomas, and pituitary tumors are treated with this operation, which removes the bone that creates the contour of the orbit and cheek.
• Translabyrinthine Craniotomy: To eliminate the tumor without damaging the brain, a portion of the inner and mastoid bones are removed.

Before performing craniotomy surgery, a neurosurgeon may undertake a series of blood tests, an electrocardiogram, a chest X-ray, a CT scan, and an MRI scan. These tests are used to assess the patient's overall health as well as the condition in which he or she is afflicted.

While some people confuse Craniotomy with Cranioplasty, the two are different procedures.

A Cranioplasty is a surgical procedure to correct a deformity or defect of the skull and it is usually performed following a traumatic injury to the skull or after a previous brain surgery such as a craniotomy or craniectomy. In order to correct the defect, the physician may have to use a prosthetic or other synthetic surgical material to complete the procedure.

It is undertaken only after the neurosurgeon and the family accept the fact that there is a clinical issue involved due to the deformity and needs to be corrected.

Cranioplasty is indicated in the following cases:

• The deformity/defect could be congenital, as a result of trauma or acquired for example after a previous surgery involving the skull.
• A craniotomy is the most commonly performed surgery for brain tumor removal.
• It also may be done to remove a blood clot (hematoma), to control hemorrhage from a weak, leaking blood vessel (cerebral aneurysm), to repair arteriovenous malformations (abnormal connections of blood vessels),
• To drain a brain abscess, to relieve pressure inside the skull, to perform a biopsy, or to inspect the brain.