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Dr. Geoffey Manley, chief of neurosurgery at San Francisco General Hospital, told the gathering the traumatic brain injury classification — mild, moderate and severe — is outdated and must be changed.
It is like saying people have "OK cancer, bad cancer or they're at death's door," he said.
Neurotrauma ranges from a concussion to a severe brain injury, "and we still don't understand concussion," he said.
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Dr. Geoffey Manley, chief of neurosurgery at San Francisco General Hospital, told the gathering the traumatic brain injury classification — mild, moderate and severe — is outdated and must be changed.
It is like saying people have "OK cancer, bad cancer or they're at death's door," he said.
Neurotrauma ranges from a concussion to a severe brain injury, "and we still don't understand concussion," he said.