What doctors say of Schumacher's injuires...
December 30, 2013  12:46
"The fact that Schumacher, 44, was in a coma meant he could have suffered a number of different injuries. He could have suffered a diffuse injury to his brain, which can then result in brain swelling.

"He could have sustained some sort of brain haemorrhage and if there was a blood clot within his brain or on the surface of his brain underneath his skull, that might need to be removed.

"Sometimes there is nothing actually to remove but you put in an intracranial pressure monitor, which basically is an operation that requires drilling a hole in the skull and putting a fine probe inside.

"Or if there is diffuse swelling of the brain, sometimes surgeons remove a large piece of the skull so there is space for the brain to swell to minimise the pressure on vital structure."

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