DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a small stroke in September. What probably brought it on was a fall backward downstairs in the dark. I hit the back of my head on the basement floor, which was carpeted, as were ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — 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, ...

September 29, 2010 — In what is believed to be the first long-term follow-up of a group of elderly patients with chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH), researchers found "persistent excess mortality" up to ...

PHOENIX -- For chronic or subacute subdural hematoma, embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA) reduced recurrence, three randomized trials showed. Two trials with the Onyx liquid embolic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers observed no improvement in functional outcomes in patients with acute subdural hematoma who ...

The Society of Neurolnterventional Surgery (SNIS) is acknowledging middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) as a beneficial adjunctive treatment for chronic subdural hematoma in light of new ...

A novel combination of surgery and embolization used to treat subdural hematomas, bleeding between the brain and its protective membrane due to trauma, reduces the risk of follow-up surgeries, ...

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 ...

Balt, Inc., a global technology leader in neurovascular devices, today announced the Premarket Approval (PMA) of the Squid™ liquid embolic agent. Squid is approved for the embolization of the middle ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rapid SDH demonstrated 92.4% sensitivity and 98.7% specificity in identifying subdural hematoma types. Median ...

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 750 years ago, a mysterious illness felled Italian theologian Thomas Aquinas before he reached his sixth decade. Now, a team of medical students and a neurosurgeon think they've ...