What is an extraradural hematoma?

Extraradural hematoma is characterized by bleeding between the girlfriend or the outer brain cover and the skull. This type of brain damage is often the result of a skull fracture. Children and adolescents are more susceptible to the development of extraradural hematoma than adults, because the dura is not so firmly attached to the skull in younger patients. Extradural hematoma is the main medical emergency situation and almost always requires immediate surgery on the brain to save the patient's life. Any head injury should therefore be considered a medical emergency. The patient with this type of injury usually loses consciousness for a short time. The patient then seems to be alert for a while and then losing consciousness again.

Other potential symptoms indicate the possibility of extraradural hematomousness of nausea and vomiting of head injury, dizziness or confusion. It is common for a pupil in one eye to be enlarged while experiencing a muscle weakness on the opposite side of the body. These symptoms may develop within minutes or even throwsn after head injury.

Medical testing, such as CT scan, may be ordered to confirm the skull fracture or extredural hematoma. This test shows the location and amount of bleeding and any swelling of the brain that may be present. Emergency surgery is generally followed by this diagnostic test.

Surgery for extredural hematoma usually includes drilling small holes into the skull. This relieves part of the pressure on the brain and allows the surgeon to release part of the blood that has accumulated inside the skull. Depending on the extent of the damage, a larger hole may be drilled or a drainage device known as it is necessary to implant a short circuit. It is not uncommon for a patient suffering from this type of injury to be subjected to life during and after this type of operation.

Extradural hematoma is a very serious injury and even with the best available medical intervention is death or disability a very real possibility. PatientI who survive this injury often leave different degrees of brain damage, some permanent and sometimes temporary. Complications such as seizures can occur months or even years after the injury of this area of ​​the brain.