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Trepanning

Trepanning, also known as trepanation, trephination, trephining or making a burr hole (the verb trepan derives from Old French from Medieval Latin trepanum from Greek trúpanon, literally "borer, auger"), is a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull. This procedure is one of the oldest known surgical procedures…

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Voluntary trepanation

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Old FrenchMedieval LatinGreekDrilledHuman skull
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Other names
Burr hole
Specialty
Neurosurgery, neurology

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Trepanning

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Trepanning

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related to Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica · 23
Trepanning → AD300, Among New World, Andean, Avoiding, Between, Colombia, Columbian Mesoamerica, For, Ica, In, Inca Empire, Incan, Instruments, Lima, Mesoamerican, Muisca Confederation, Paracas, Perú, Roman, The
related to Cultural perspectives on trepanation · 14
Trepanning → Chinese, Early, Europe, In, In Africa, In China, It, On, Peru, Priests, The, They, This, Trepanation
related to Healing · 12
Trepanning → According, Bone, Finally, Healing, Identifying, In, No, Scientists, Skulls, The, There, This
related to Voluntary trepanation · 12
Trepanning → Bart Huges, Dutch, For, Huges, In, Individuals, One, Other, Peter Halvorson, Since, The, These
related to Modern interpretation and research · 9
Trepanning → By, CT, Jamshidi, Modern, One, The, This, Vim-Silverman, With
related to Medieval East Africa · 7
Trepanning → Bones, Bunyoro-Kitara, East Africa, Kenya, Kisii, The, Trephining
Other names · 1
Trepanning → Burr hole
Specialty · 1
Trepanning → Neurosurgery, neurology

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trepanation skull skulls procedure also hole found bone performed used evidence healing trephined trepanned may neolithic trephine head prehistoric ancient

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TrepanningOther namesBurr hole1.00infobox
TrepanningSpecialtyNeurosurgery, neurology1.00infobox
stoneinstance ofThose who performed trepanation used materials0.80text
obsidianinstance ofThose who performed trepanation used materials0.80text
bronzeinstance ofThose who performed trepanation used materials0.80text
or bone shaped into hand-held toolsinstance ofThose who performed trepanation used materials0.80text
clubs or spears could have caused such injuriesinstance ofand weapons0.80text
a bullet wound can mimic a trephined skullinstance ofWar injuries0.80text
acupunctureinstance ofSince Chinese culture mainly focuses only on traditional Chinese medicine that usually entails non-surgical treatments0.80text
balancing Qigonginstance ofSince Chinese culture mainly focuses only on traditional Chinese medicine that usually entails non-surgical treatments0.80text
cuppinginstance ofSince Chinese culture mainly focuses only on traditional Chinese medicine that usually entails non-surgical treatments0.80text
herbal remediesinstance ofSince Chinese culture mainly focuses only on traditional Chinese medicine that usually entails non-surgical treatments0.80text

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