"Treatment depends on the cause, and in many instances, no treatment is necessary with the gas being gradually resorbed. This is the case in the vast majority of post-operative pneumocephalus, an expected finding in essentially all post-craniotomy patients."
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"Complications"
"Pneumocephalus (plural: pneumocephali), also known as pneumocranium, pneumocrania, pneumatocephalus, and intracranial pneumatocele, refers to the presence of intracranial gas, and in the vast majority of cases, the gas is air. The term encompasses gas in any of the intracranial compartments and is most commonly encountered following trauma or surgery."