Cranioclasty

Translation of "cranioclasty" into Russian

Noun

cranioclasty

cranioclasties pl

The surgeon performed a cranioclasty to correct the skull deformity.

Хирург провел краниокластию для исправления деформации черепа.

Noun

A surgical procedure in which the fetal skull is crushed to facilitate delivery when labor is obstructed.

Before the advent of safer caesarean sections, cranioclasty was occasionally performed to save the mother during obstructed labor.