French doctors have begun brain tests on Michael Schumacher to see which areas have been damaged, it was reported on Monday.
The seven-time world racing champion has been in an artificially induced coma for 15 days after he struck a rock while skiing off-piste in the resort of Meribel.
He has had an operation to remove a small part of his skull in a bid to relieve pressure on his brain, according to a Zurich paper at the weekend.
Frédéric Rossi, a Swiss neurosurgeon, told the Zurich Tagesanzeiger that the risks of such an operation ranged from swelling to bleeding to the accidental opening of the brain’s outer membrane.
Meanwhile, Bild, the German daily, said that it has obtained information from among the medical team treating him in Grenoble that suggest there are still great fears of “unexpected complications,” such as a brain haemorrhage and infection.
“Doctors want to see which parts of the brain were damaged and which parts are still functioning,” a hospital source is cited as saying. “We don’t know when more official information will be given but it could take weeks, even months,” they are cited as saying.
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