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He had performed a trepanation – a procedure involving the removal of a piece of bone from the skull dating back thousands of years and practiced by cultures around the world.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2022

Some of the differences in survival rates may be due to the nature of the patients’ injuries before the surgery, says Emanuela Binello, a neurosurgeon at Boston University who has studied trepanation in ancient China.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 8, 2018

Unless trepanation really catches on, this is a show I can’t forget.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2016

I did it as an experiment, following the hypothesis that trepanation could improve cerebral circulation.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2013

Yet another skull from the province of Ollantay-tambo bears a double trepanation, evidently made during life.

From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by D'Anvers, N.