A handy guide to craniotomy decompression for acute subdural haemorrhage…
I created this animated illustration for my latest collaboration with Brainbook explaining brain bleeds and a surgical option to manage large ones in an emergency situation.
This sequence shows how neurosurgeons remove a bleed and allow for brain swelling by removing a portion of the skull. This defect (hole) can be reconstructed at a later date if the brain is too swollen at the time of surgery.
You can check out GoPro footage of the real surgery and more in a fantastic video by Brainbook on YouTube. Super fun project, looking forward to the next collaboration with this cool team!
In his ongoing series of Gothic works, initiated in 1999, Belgian artist Wim Delvoye about whose tattooed pigs I have blogged about in the past, created some very unusual stained-glass windows and sculptural works made of steel, lead, glass and actual x-ray.
For his “Chapel” series, Delvoye took x-rays of two friends performing sexual acts, then combined the x-rays with stained glass to fill the windows of a gothic-style chapel. Some of the windows simply look as though they are made of an abstract design, when upon closer inspection, one can see teeth, intestines, skulls and other anatomical features.
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