When doctors suspect that a patient may have a subdural hematoma, they use a computed tomography (CT) scan of the head to make a definite diagnosis. A CT scan combines a series of X-ray images taken ...

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 ...

NEJM Study: For Chronic Subdural Hematomas, Blocking the Artery Supplying the Brain Covering Reduced Re-Operations Threefold; ... To treat them, patients undergo brain surgery, but hematomas can recur ...

Associated brain damage, compression and interference with either arterial blood supply or venous drainage are the likely possibilities for the pathogenesis of seizures in chronic subdural hematoma.

Lucky No. 7 arrived just last week, when the agency greenlighted Viz.ai’s latest AI tool: an algorithm that aims to detect both acute and chronic subdural hematomas in CT images of the brain ...

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 ...

Although studies and systematic reviews have shown that glucocorticoids were safe and may be effective as therapy for chronic subdural hematoma, a recent randomized trial showed that dexamethasone ...

Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a neurological condition where blood clots between the brain's surface and its outer covering, causing symptoms like headaches and weakness. Alarmingly, its ...

A new treatment combines standard hematoma surgery with an embolization (blocking) of the brain's middle meningeal artery, with the goal of avoiding repeat surgeries.

The study involved 400 patients with subdural hematomas treated at 39 medical centers. The patients, who averaged 72 years of age, got either standard hematoma surgery (203 patients) or surgery ...

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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, ...