Patient's question:
Doctor, my son is sixteen years old. A few days ago, when he went out, he accidentally stepped on a banana peel and fell backward, hitting the back of his head, leaving a lot of blood. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. Recently, his condition has worsened, and after a thorough examination, it was discovered to be a brain herniation. You fell backward, hitting the back of your head, which triggered the brain herniation. How should brain herniation be treated?Doctor's answer:
If this issue constitutes a brain herniation, surgical treatment must be performed. This is because only surgery can alleviate the tension in the brain's soft tissues caused by the herniation and gradually remove living brain tissue as well as damage. If necessary, even a craniectomy for drainage may be required to ensure basic life safety. For brain herniation, if surgery is not performed, it is almost certain to result in disability or death.