Editing Trepanning (section)

=== Medieval East Africa ===
Trephining has a long history in [[East Africa]]{{Citation needed|reason=There is no evidence for this claim|date=March 2023}}. Bones of depressed fractures were elevated by surgeons of [[Bunyoro-Kitara]].<ref name="Davies 1959">{{cite journal | last=Davies | first=J. N. P. | title=The Development of ''Scientific'' Medicine in the African Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara | journal=Medical History | volume=3 | issue=1 | pages=47–57 | year=1959 | issn=0025-7273 | doi=10.1017/s0025727300024248 | pmid=13632207 | pmc=1034446 }}</ref> The hair may or may not have been shaved depending upon the site of the operation.

Trepanning at the [[Kisii people]] in Kenya was filmed in 1958.<ref>{{citation |first=Rolf |last=Meschig |title=Zur Geschichte der Trepanation unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Schädeloperationen bei den Kisii im Hochland Westkenias |lang=de |location=Düsseldorf |year=1983 }}</ref>