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 ...

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, ...

Patients with subacute or chronic subdural hematoma frequently have a recurrence after surgery. The effect of adjunctive middle meningeal artery embolization remains unclear. New research findings ...

Patients receiving standard treatment for chronic subdural hematoma have a high risk of treatment failure. The effect of adjunctive middle meningeal artery embolization on the risk of treatment ...

Symptoms of subdural hematoma—including weakness, numbness, headaches, nausea, confusion or dizziness—can come on slowly over days or weeks, after a fall or other head injury.

Top: CT scans show a subdural hematoma on the brain's left side (colored pink), measuring up to 19 mm in width with a brain shift of 8 mm. Bottom: Six weeks after embolization treatment, the ...

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 ...

These "subdural hematomas" typically require surgery to fix, but a new study suggests a better approach, one that makes sure repeat surgeries aren't required. Advertisement That's important ...

Citation: For chronic subdural hematomas, blocking artery supplying brain covering found to reduce re-operations threefold (2024, November 20) retrieved 10 December 2024 from https://medicalxpress ...

Symptoms of chronic subdural hematoma can come on slowly over days or weeks, sometimes after a fall that at first didn't seem serious. Symptoms include weakness, numbness, headaches, nausea ...

Symptoms of subdural hematoma-;including weakness, numbness, headaches, nausea, confusion or dizziness-;can come on slowly over days or weeks, after a fall or other head injury.