In most cases, your doctor will recommend surgery to remove an epidural hematoma. It usually involves a craniotomy. In this procedure, your surgeon will open up part of your skull so they can ...

Surgery is often used to treat subdural and epidural hematomas, with craniotomy being the most common treatment. What it involves: Once you're asleep under anesthetic, a neurosurgeon will create a ...

Large hematomas or solid blood clots may need to be removed through a larger opening in the skull (a craniotomy). In addition to surgery, your child may be given medications to control or prevent ...

Traumatic subdural hematoma often requires surgical evacuation using either craniotomy or decompressive craniectomy. While craniectomy, in which the flap is not replaced, may have the advantage of ...

Traumatic acute subdural hematomas frequently warrant surgical evacuation by means of a craniotomy (bone flap replaced) or decompressive craniectomy (bone flap not replaced). Craniectomy may ...

Spontaneous epidural hematoma (SEH) is a rare but serious condition that requires prompt recognition and intervention. SEH typically presents with acute onset of neck pain, which may radiate to ...

While an epidural hematoma is serious, they are rare, especially in sports. But other head injuries aren’t, and Wrubel urges people to closely watch children and teens, if they experience head ...

Dr. Greg Vigna, discusses article in the New England Journal of Medicine on April 23, 2023, Decompressive Craniectomy vs Craniotomy for Acute Subdural Hematoma. Subdural hematomas result from ...

A craniotomy is more likely to be used for a severe hematoma. In this procedure, part of the skull is removed temporarily to remove the hematoma. When the epidural hematoma is smaller or less ...