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Dabbler said:
On an historical note, there are examples of successful trepanning operations dating over 2000 BC in India. Thye know it was successful, due to clear evidence of bone regrowth. I believe the North American west coast natives also performed successful trepanning before contact with Europeans.
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Oh okay that's very interesting, my extremely old and limited information on the subject suggested that the procedure was almost always resulted in infection and death.
 
Exactly the opposite. When I said 'successful' there was considerable or complete regrowth of the trepanned holes. Thus the patient lived years after the operation. I'm sure the recovery rate compared to modern surgery was a lot lower in the day.
 
I mean by that, that the small number of examples that have been unearthed have all showed bone regrowth. Many times journalists have mistakenly reported injuries resulting in death as trepanned. I found out about this because my daughter was in in archaeology and disabused me on the subject.
 
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