Is skull repair surgery dangerous? Cranial repair surgery is very scary at first, and many patients feel that the surgery will cause great harm to their bodies when they don’t know about it yet. There is a patient in our clinic who was hesitant to have the surgery, but after repeated inquiries from the medical staff, he realized that he was worried about the danger of the surgery. In fact, although cranial repair is a surgical procedure, the risk index is not as high as we think. Even cranial repair surgery has been around for a thousand years. In today’s society, while the level of medical care continues to improve, skull repair surgery has not only made a qualitative leap in treatment methods, but even skull repair materials have gradually become more and more perfect. And the physicians with rich surgical skills will also better guarantee the safety and effectiveness of the skull repair surgery. Cranial Repair Surgery Procedure 1. First, a 3D CT scan of the patient’s skull is required to extract accurate 3D data for 3D reconstruction and 3D printing to produce a personalized PEEK repair material that perfectly matches the structure of the bone window. 2.The scalp is incised during the surgery, and the layers of tissue are carefully separated to expose the bone window, and then the material is precisely affixed to the bone window and adjusted and reset. 3, well fixed with special lap screws, suture all layers of skin, and the surgery is complete. 4.After surgery, pay attention to give antibiotics to prevent infection, hemostasis and neurotrophic drug treatment; pay attention to observe the change of drainage of the patient’s surgical cavity, change medication regularly and observe the healing of the incision. Surgery is generally general anesthesia, because the surgery is done only outside the brain tissue, the risk is not high, and there are generally no sequelae. The dura mater has not been opened to enter the brain, but only the skin is separated and the repair material is placed under the skin. In medical terms, a craniotomy in the strict sense should be considered as opening the skull into the dura mater afterwards. Therefore, it is not a major surgery for neurosurgeons, but it may be more psychologically stressful for patients or their families. However, if we understand the procedure, we can know that the skull repair surgery itself is very low risk, close to a cosmetic surgery, and early skull repair surgery can help patients return to society and work early after the surgery.