Treatment depends on the size and location of the brain bleed. Urgent surgery may be needed to remove a large subdural hematoma, brain tumor, or part of the skull to relieve pressure on the brain.
After a hit to the head or a fall, people, especially seniors, can develop a dangerous pooling of blood and fluid between the brain's surface and it's protective covering, the dura. These ...
Exonerations and new science continue to raise questions about shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that lives on under a different name: “abusive head trauma.” Critics say the name deflects scrutiny ...
1. In this randomized controlled trial, among patients with symptomatic nonacute subdural hematoma, embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA) resulted in similar rates of symptomatic ...
Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH), a disorder that mainly affects the elderly, is predicted to be the most common cranial neurosurgical disease in America by 2030. Although most patients fare better ...
A TBI may not cause any notable symptoms at first. This is common with an injury like subdural hematoma in which blood pools on the surface of the brain. Symptoms may only develop days, weeks, or ...