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Acute Subdural Hematoma Surgery

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Welcome back to my blog! For today's post, I decided to do something a little different. I want to put up a Youtube video of a brain surgery that I enjoyed watching. The patient is an 83 year old woman who fell down and injured her head. 
This injury had given her acute subdural hematoma. Acute subdural hematoma (SDH), is usually caused by a head injury from a fall, an assault or a motor vehicle collision. SDH is a clot of blood that is formed between the dura mater (the brain's tough outer covering) and the brain. This blood clot is formed due to the stretching and tearing of veins on the brain's surface. These veins rupture when a head injury shakes and jolts the brain. 

This surgery is done by a brain surgeon who will cut open the patient's head and remove the blood clot. 

**WARNING: Do not watch this video if you are squeamish at the sight of blood!!! **

If you are not squeamish at the sight of blood, sit back, relax and learn something new!


Questions: 
1.  On a scale of 1 to 10 (one being the worst and ten being the best), how would you rate the surgery?
2. What did you think the most interesting part of the surgery?
3. Do you want to be a brain surgeon?
4. Did you like this post? Should I make more posts like this?

Are you interested more in Acute Subdural Hematoma? Here is a link to a website with more details: http://neurosurgery.ucla.edu/acute-subdural-hematomas




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