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If Oscar hadn't died from his wound ...

posted 8 years ago by little-man-in-your-head
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... he for sure would've died from infection. What kind of med student doesn't know the basics of hygiene/infection prevention? No gloves, no mask, no head wear, no antiseptic. WTF??? And why the hole saw? He didn't have a regular drill bit? All he needed was a hole thru the skull to relieve the pressure, not to take out a chunk of the skull. Must've been at the bottom of his class, what an idiot.

[–] Jay_Jay1234 8 years ago

And why the hole saw? He didn't have a regular drill bit? All he needed was a hole thru the skull to relieve the pressure, not to take out a chunk of the skull.

I think he said he needed to remove a piece of his skull. I guess it’s so his brain would have room to expand alleviating it from compressing the brain to death.

Craniectomy is typically performed as a life saving measure. Patients who have experienced a severe brain injury that is life threatening may have bleeding around their brain or swelling of their brain so severe that it can lead to brain compression and brain death. In this type of dire situation, neurosurgeons can remove a portion of the skull, evacuate any underlying clot that is compressing the brain, and relieve pressure on the brain. Furthermore, because the brain typically experiences a great deal of swelling after a severe injury, removing the bone frees the brain to swell upward rather than downward where it will compress the brainstem, which is critical for all of the basic vital functions, leading to brain death. Over time the brain swelling will subside and the bone that was removed can be replaced.

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neurosurgery/for-patients/treatments/craniectomy.aspx