Never neglect the atmospheric pressure effect on a brain with a skull defect

Figures & data

Figure 1 Computed tomography scan of the axial brain showing sinking at the craniectomy site with extensive midline shift and the proximal tube of the ventricular peritoneal shunt.

Figure 2 Computed tomography scan showing reversal of the sunken brain contour and the midline shift after an autologous cranioplasty repair of the skull defect.