Conclusions Among patients with traumatic acute subdural hematoma who underwent craniotomy or decompressive craniectomy, disability and quality-of-life outcomes were similar with the two approaches.

Dr. Greg Vigna, discusses article in the New England Journal of Medicine on April 23, 2023, Decompressive Craniectomy vs Craniotomy for Acute Subdural Hematoma. Subdural hematomas result from physical ...

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 ...

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 ...

September 8, 2011 — Octogenarians fare as well as younger patients after craniotomy to remove hematoma following closed-head injury, according to a retrospective medical record review. "Traditional ...

A chronic subdural hematoma (SDH) is a collection of blood on the brain’s surface, under the outer covering of the brain (dura). It usually begins forming several days or weeks after bleeding ...

"Jeopardy" has been temporarily suspended as host Alex Trebek, 77,recovers from surgery to remove blood clots in his brain, a condition known as a subdural hematoma. The game show host was first ...

Traumatic acute subdural hematomas frequently warrant surgical evacuation by means of a craniotomy (bone flap replaced) or decompressive craniectomy (bone flap not replaced). Craniectomy may prevent ...