Fig. 3

Operative technique of supratentorial DC. Artist’s rendition of a human head (a) with a typical incision line for DC (gray line). 3D reconstruction of a human skull (b) demonstrating burr holes (gray circles), craniectomy (gray area), and additional osteoclastic decompression of the middle cranial fossa floor (hatched area) as well as typical dural incision (red lines). 3D reconstruction of a human skull (c) with a typical hemicraniectomy skull defect. Intraoperative photography of a human brain after DC (d)