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 ...

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, ...

Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is one of the most common neurosurgical conditions, particularly among the elderly, with an annual incidence ranging from 1.7 to 20.6 per 100,000 people. As the global ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

CT scan images of a female patient with a history of congential hemophilia. The red arrows in panels A and B show ASDH in the left hemisphere mimicking skull thickening. CT scan revealed complete ...