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Verano said the method used for trephination in Megiddo “was relatively common in central highland Peru in late pre-Hispanic times, although it was not particularly successful compared to other methods.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

The procedure, known as cranial trephination, was performed thousands of years ago in different parts of the world, including Europe, Africa, China and South America.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

A 2020 paper listed trephination as one of “the first three procedures that marked the dawn of surgery,” along with circumcision and bladder stone removal.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

However, Verano stressed that trephination was not brain surgery.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

Having a hole surgically bored into your skull is called trephination, and it’s considered the world’s first form of surgery.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2021