Decompressing surgery on a child
Hello there, I was researching a bit on the surgery, decompressing, removing part of the skull and all that, and found this subreddit
My sister has received the news that my 6 year old niece needs surgery cause her cerebellum keeps descending and they don't want to risk waiting 6 more months. The thing is: we are kinda scared. Apparently the doctor told my sister there's a big risk for hemorrhage. I was wondering if anyone has a family member, child to be more specific (I don't really know if it makes much of a difference if it's performed on an adult or a child), who has had this kind of surgery and if so: how was it? were there any complications? was it very painful afterwards?
English is not my first language so sorry if something doesn't make much sense.
Thank you so much