Surgery may be needed if there has been damage to the brain tissue below the fracture. It may cause headaches, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and trouble remembering or concentrating. This injury will not need surgery. A French word that describes contusions that occur at two sites in the brain. The force of the impact causes the brain to bump the opposite side of the skull.
Damage occurs at the site of impact and on the opposite side of the brain.
This blood clot can cause fast changes in the pressure inside the brain. Emergency surgery may be needed. The size of the clot will determine if surgery is needed. A blood clot that forms between the dura and the brain tissue. If this bleeding occurs quickly it is called an acute subdural hematoma.