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Michael Schumacher suffered a serious head injury in a skiing accident DEC 31: Latest quotes from the doctors suggest Michael Schumacher?s condition is rather stable after the surgery. ?We were able to carry out a scan without any unnecessary risk ? and it showed a few signs that he is relatively stable,? says one of the doctor. Schumacher underwent a ?surgical intervention? during the night. ?We have a few signs to feel that the situation is better controlled than it was yesterday.? ?A new brain scan was taken and there was a slight improvement. ?A new scan was carried out this morning and it shows slight improvement.? ?It was a difficult decision to make [to operate], but we decided to eliminate a hematoma. ?The level of inter-cranial pressure have improved. The scan does show there are other legions,? says the surgeon. He adds they are being regularly monitored. The surgical intervention took two hours. ?The situation is better controlled than it was yesterday. We are unable to say he?s out of danger, however we have gained a bit of time with regard to developments,? Professor Payen adds. But once again the coming hours are still critical hours when it comes to strategy.? ?The surgical intervention allowed us to control the situation and this morning it is slightly better than yesterday. ?In intensive care, things can go well and bad very quickly. We?re gaining a bit of time,? Professor Payen adds. Is his wife at his bedside, a report asks: ?His family are still here,? another official says. His wife and two children. ?We?re still concerned and we?re still worried. We can?t tell ourselves we?ve won. ?The situation is slightly better over the last 24 hours, but we must be realistic.? Professor Payen says: ?We haven?t reduced the treatment. He still remains in a coma. ?We still have some other treatments that have to remain.? ?No forecasts for the moment,? Professor Payen adds. Schumacher will not be transferred to Germany at the moment. ?With the support that we have from a large medical community, we believe we should keep him here,? he says. ?We do have a medical strategy, which is to correct a number of anomalies that continue. ?We want to give ourselves some time which was not the case yesterday.? ?The intervention took place at 22:00 last night,? the surgeon says. He says the family were, of course, consulted ahead of surgery. ?We tell the family what the risks are, what the potential risks are, before a final decision is made.?

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