A Georgia couple is suing a health care system after they say staff at one of its Atlanta hospitals misplaced a portion of the husband’s skull, which had been temporarily removed and later scheduled ...

Google Maps/Screenshot by NPR A Georgia couple has filed a lawsuit against an Atlanta hospital after they say hospital staff allegedly misplaced part of the husband’s skull following his brain surgery ...

Fernando Cluster was charged $19,000 for a synthetic skull replacement piece that ultimately also had to be removed after it became infected, according to his lawsuit against Atlanta's Emory ...

An Atlanta couple is suing a local hospital after accusing it of losing part of a patient’s skull after it was removed during brain surgery due to “several bone flaps” that were lacking identification ...

Emory Hospital is currently under fire after reportedly losing a patient's bone skull flap and then charging him to have it replaced. Emory Hospital is under fire after losing part of a patient’s ...

A craniotomy and craniectomy are two types of surgeries that involve removing a flap of bone from your skull to reveal part of your brain. During a craniotomy, the flap of bone is replaced at the end ...

A supratentorial craniotomy is a surgery that involves temporarily removing a piece of bone in the skull to allow access to the brain. A person may have this surgery to treat tumors, bleeding, or ...

A couple has filed a lawsuit against an Atlanta hospital after they say staff members lost a piece of the husband's skull following his brain surgery. Fernando and Melinda Cluster claim that Emory ...