A subdural hematoma is a common neurological condition that occurs after a head injury. It occurs when blood builds up between the outermost covering of the brain (the dura) and the brain itself. Our ...

A person with a head injury requires immediate medical attention. Although a person may not initially feel as if much is wrong, bleeding can occur within the skull. Internal bleeding can lead to ...

MANY of the basic works in neurology comment on the rarity of seizures in chronic subdural hematoma. 1–3 Indeed, it is almost a maxim in many neurologic centers that the two are only rarely associated ...

An 87 year-old man developed progressive confusion and difficulty walking several weeks after minor head trauma. Bilateral Subdural Hematomas (Acute). (Left) T1-weighted axial MRI; (Right) T2-weighted ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: My mother is in her 70s. She fell a few weeks ago but seemed fine. Then she started to have double vision and some trouble with balance. A CT scan revealed a subdural hematoma. Her ...

A 72 year-old man developed a change in personality and mild weakness of the left arm and leg, which he denied. Subdural Hematoma (Acute). Axial CT scans without contrast. Note the crescent shape ...

BARCELONA, Spain — A new randomized trial of embolization of the middle meningeal artery (EMMA) following surgery for chronic subdural hematoma showed striking results, with a major drop in hematoma ...

Onyx is a liquid embolic agent that is injected into an artery to occlude blood flow. In subdural hematoma, it is used to block the MMA, stopping the chronic oozing of blood into the subdural space.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...