Question 1

how long before you can go homel after brain epidural hematoma ?

Accepted Answer

Varies: This will depend of the extent of brain injury suffered. In some cases with minimal injury you may be able to go home after a couple of days, in other cases it might be weeks.

Question 2

1 yr old with epidural hematoma. brain shifted to right side. craniotomy preformed removing large hematoma. linear fracture. what can we expect now?

Accepted Answer

How long ago?: If recent, healing and improvement time is essential.  Most children and adults recover from epidural hematomas well.
You should expect limitations on activity, be careful what the child does, close monitoring, and give it time to heal.

Question 3

what's epidural hematoma -- blood clot on the brain?

Accepted Answer

Brain Bleed: An epidural hematoma is a brain bleed occurring outside of the brain but within the skull. This accumulation of blood can cause an increase in pressure within the skull leading to brain herniation if untreated.

Question 4

can you tell me about epidural hematoma (blood clot on the brain)?

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Epidural: More severe than subdural w more rapid onset  of symptoms. Caused by arterial bleed and significant pressure on brain as arterial blood continues to pump into epidural  space and compress braid. Rapid neuro surgical intervention required.

Question 5

could epidural hematoma lead to cerebral hypoxia?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Imagine a pressure on one side of the brain from the skull, pushing that side of the brain compressing all the tissues including the blood vessels causing brain hypoxia on one side. It then pushes the whole brain and shifts to the brain against the unyielding skull to the other side, compressing the tissues there also (counter coup effect). That is epidural hematoma without surgical treatment.

Question 6

why is an epidural hematoma so deadly?

Accepted Answer

Risk of Herniation: Epidural hematoma entails blood building up outside of the brain. Because brain is confined within rigid skull, accumulation of blood will gradually cause an increase in pressure within the skull cavity & compress brain tissue; it can even cause the brain to herniate out through the skull where the spinal cord originates, leading to a coma and/or irreversible brain damage.

Question 7

what is more severe, subdural or epidural hematoma?

Accepted Answer

Brain Bleed: An epidural hematoma is a brain bleed occurring outside of the brain but within the skull. This accumulation of blood can cause an increase in pressure within the skull leading to brain herniation if untreated.

Question 8

subdural vs epidural hematoma, what are the differences?

Accepted Answer

Anatomy: The dura is a tough sheet of tissue that covers your entire brain and spinal cord.  If the blood accumlates underneath the dura, it is subdural bleeding.  Outside of the dura, epidural bleeding.

Question 9

what cpt code do i use for evacuation of epidural hematoma?

Accepted Answer

61312: This is the code for evacuation of a hematoma above the tentorium, on the surface of the brain. 61314 would be under the tentorium.

Question 10

how long left does one have to live with hematoma of the brain?

Accepted Answer

Maybe indefinitely: Depending upon location, character, size, and certainly, how long ago this occurred, if a patient has had a good recovery and is being treated to prevent recurrence, may do well for years.  Did you ask this question of your doctors, as they know you best?

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1 yr old with epidural hematoma. brain shifted to right side. craniotomy preformed removing large hematoma. linear fracture. what can we expect now?

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What's epidural hematoma -- blood clot on the brain?

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Can you tell me about epidural hematoma (blood clot on the brain)?

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Could epidural hematoma lead to cerebral hypoxia?

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Why is an epidural hematoma so deadly?

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What is more severe, subdural or epidural hematoma?

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Subdural vs epidural hematoma, what are the differences?

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What cpt code do i use for evacuation of epidural hematoma?

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How long left does one have to live with hematoma of the brain?

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