LOS ANGELES ― A common dilemma in neurosurgery is whether to immediately replace the bone flap in the skull after surgical treatment of an acute subdural hematoma. In a new study, outcomes were nearly ...

Rest assured, we know how we'll crack open your skull now. Image Credit Rama, via Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 France The New England Journal of Medicine has reported the results from a ...

A subdural hematoma is a common neurological condition that occurs after a head injury. It occurs when blood builds up between the outermost covering of the brain (the dura) and the brain itself. Our ...

Dexamethasone treatment failed to demonstrate noninferiority to surgery for chronic subdural hematoma and was associated with more complications and a greater risk of later surgery, according to ...

The treatment of a subdural hematoma received a major boost with three new randomized controlled trials all showing large and significant benefits of a new embolization process done as an endovascular ...

A dramatic, threefold reduction in repeat operations in patients surgically treated for chronic subdural hematoma was achieved when the artery supplying the brain covering was blocked, according to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A neurosurgeon at Richmond University Medical Center has perfected a minimally invasive surgical procedure to eliminate chronic subdural hematomas — reducing the chance of ...

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A person with a head injury requires immediate medical attention. Although a person may not initially feel as if much is wrong, bleeding can occur within the skull. Internal bleeding can lead to ...

In this multicenter, open-label, controlled, noninferiority trial, we randomly assigned symptomatic patients with chronic subdural hematoma in a 1:1 ratio to a 19-day tapering course of dexamethasone ...

A subdural bleed, also called a subdural hematoma, is a type of brain bleed in which the blood pools between the skull and the brain. It is usually caused by head trauma, and the severity, effects, ...