New technique successfully dissolves blood clots in the brain and lowers risk of brain damage after stroke
Friday, February 3, 2012 - 07:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins neurologists report success with a new means of getting rid of potentially lethal blood clots in the brain safely without cutting through easily damaged brain tissue or removing large pieces of skull. The minimally invasive treatment, they report, increased the number of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) who could function independently by 10 to 15 percent six months following the procedure.
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