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To: aruanan
Epidural hematoma.

Wonder how that is treated, since I keep reading how simple it is if caught in time. Also, reminds me of Star Trek IV, that's what Chekov was dying from and the 20th century doctors wanted to slice open his head...

45 posted on 03/19/2009 2:11:58 PM PDT by Citizen of the Savage Nation
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To: Citizen of the Savage Nation

Generally the treatment is emergency surgery, where the skull is opened and the hematoma is removed. With the advent of computerized tomography (CT) it has been possible to become somewhat more conservative in patients with small hematoma and who has no serious neurological symptoms. However, an epidural hematoma with temporal location should in almost all cases be treated surgically.


48 posted on 03/19/2009 2:30:33 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Citizen of the Savage Nation

Post 27 has a link on treatment.


49 posted on 03/19/2009 2:31:47 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: Citizen of the Savage Nation
Wonder how that is treated, since I keep reading how simple it is if caught in time. Also, reminds me of Star Trek IV, that's what Chekov was dying from and the 20th century doctors wanted to slice open his head...

They remove a small part of the skull to allow room for the swelling.

67 posted on 03/20/2009 5:41:43 AM PDT by ET(end tyranny)
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