
#66 No other neurosurgeon is as polarising as Dr Charlie Teo
Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
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What I'm Hearing Is a Drill Hematoma
A young police officer had an injury in rural Arkansas and got a thing called an extra drill hematoma. There's a blood clot outside the brain, but very curable. If you get them early enough, take out the blood clot. They're fine. And even the underlying brain is fine. Is that from a trauma? Trauma. It's usually a blow to the head. The patient then started deteriorating and reducing level of consciousness,. which means the clot's getting bigger. "This is unfortunately led to my professional demise"
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