NORMAN, Okla., Nov. 26 -- University of Oklahoma issued the following news release:
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April Wilkerson
april-j-wilkerson@ouhsc.edu
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - Research published Nov. 21 in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates a three-fold reduction in a risky repeat surgery for patients with subdural hematoma, a pooling of blood between the skull and the surface of the brain. The reduced risk was shown in patients whose hematoma was removed through traditional neurosurgery and who also underwent a less invasive procedure known as embolization to block the artery supplying blood to the hematoma.
The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine was one of 39 academic health institutions across the United States tha...