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News items on 'Subdural Haematoma/effusion'
Household drill saves boy's life
(BBC 20/05/2009)
A doctor in Australia used a household drill to bore into a boy's skull and drain it of blood clots as his local hospital lacked the required tools. Dr Rob Carson performed the procedure on Nicholas Rossi, 13, after the boy fell off his bike and hit his head. The doctor had never attempted the surgery before, and had to be talked through the operation by a Melbourne neurosurgeon. The boy's father said the doctor's improvisation had saved his son's life.
Head injuries
(BBC 19/03/2009)
The news that 45-year old British actress Natasha Richardson has died from head injuries after a seemingly minor skiing accident is shockingly tragic. Experts say this sort of head injury is uncommon but doctors are taught to be very vigilant of patients who initially seem fine, but can deteriorate quickly. Martin Shalley, consultant in emergency medicine at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, said it is the location of the injury that can be important.
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