by Akan Ido
Doctors have maintained cautious optimism after Formula One racing legend Michael Schumacher, 44, underwent a second surgery after sustaining a severe injury while skiing in the French Alps.
Schumacher’s life was said to have been saved by the helmet he was putting on at the time of the accident but his condition remains critical according to the doctors.
The Formula One champion remains in a medically induced coma after the second surgery Monday night at Grenoble University Hospital in France, but he remained in a medically induced coma.
LA Times reports thus:
Dr. Emmanuel Gay, the hospital’s chief neurosurgeon, said a brain scan performed late Monday showed bruising “a little bit everywhere” in Schumacher’s brain but also an unexpected easing of pressure.
“The brain scan was, I must say, surprising,” Gay said.
During the two-hour surgery, a hematoma, or a swelling of clotted blood, was removed from Schumacher’s brain and his intracranial pressure further decreased, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported on its website.
A fresh brain scan conducted Tuesday morning showed “signs … of slight improvement,” the Guardian quoted hospital director Jacqueline Hubert as saying.
– Illustration obtained from the Agence France-Press
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