'Slight improvements' for Schu

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SEVEN-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has undergone further surgery to relieve pressure on his brain as he continues to fight for his life after a skiing accident in the French Alps.

Doctors last night revealed they saw a "surgical window of opportunity" to carry out a second, two-hour operation to remove blood clots after a brain scan revealed a slight improvement in the 44-year-old's condition.

But the medical team say the retired motor ace remains in a "fragile" critical condition.

"The situation is more under control than yesterday but we cannot say that he is out of danger," head anaesthetician Jean-Francois Payen said at CHU Grenoble Hospital.

"We have won some time but we must continue an hour-by-hour surveillance."

Doctors were very pleased there had been no worsening of Schumacher's condition and he was showing "very slight" improvements, but they said they cannot say what will happen in coming days and the situation was still touch and go.

The second operation had its risks but the family gave their permission prior to the operation taking place at 10pm local time.

The F1 legend remained in an induced coma and in a state of hypothermia to give him the best chance to recover from the serious head trauma. Professor Emmanuel Gay, one of the specialists treating Schumacher said the German was not out of danger and he was still haemorrhaging in the brain.

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"We cannot say that we have won because there are still some highs and some lows, but it's better than yesterday," he said. "He is still in a very critical condition, this has not changed. And we still cannot tell how he will be, which state he will be in when he does wake up. We cannot speculate on the future because once again it would be too early to do so."

Brain scans had shown intercranial haematoma (internal bleeding), cerebral contusions (brain tissue bruising) and oedema (fluid build up).

Further operations have not been ruled out but "strategies" would be considered over the next 48 hours.

"There are still many haematomas in the brain, with little bits everywhere," Professor Gay said. "That is what makes the situation critical and it needs to be looked at hour by hour, day by day. The situation can still evolve, but we won't be able to evacuate the other haematomas at the moment because they are not accessible. They are not as big as the one we removed yesterday."

The update on Schumacher's condition came amid revelations he may have been travelling up to 96km/h when he went between two marked ski runs and hit a rocky outcrop. Witnesses said the helmet he was wearing split in two and was full of blood.

Aerial images of the run clearly show the two ski runs with barely 50m between them. There is speculation Schumacher may have been travelling too fast to switch between the two runs and accidentally went off-piste.

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There has been huge global interest in the accident; more than 100 media were yesterday at the hospital waiting for word and broadcasting live updates around the world.

Schumacher, who turns 45 on Friday, was skiing with his 14-year-old son Mick when the accident happened just after 11am on Sunday.

Doctors said the helmet had given him a fighting chance but his head still suffered a very violent shock.

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He was flown from the Meribel resort in the Trois Vallees ski area within eight minutes of the accident, before being transferred to the nearby city of Grenoble for specialist treatment.

Fans have gathered outside the hospital, including some who have made the more than four-hour drive from Germany to be close to their hero.

Schumacher's wife Corinna, his 16-year-old daughter Gina-Marie and son Mick remained at his bedside overnight.

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"We would like to thank the medical team who we know do everything possible to help Michael," the Schumacher family said yesterday in a written statement.

"We would like to also thank the people from all around the world who have expressed their sympathy and sent their best wishes for Michael's recovery."

MEDICOS say the next day or so will determine the future of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher, including if emergency surgery has saved his life and or if he has suffered any long-term damage.

Schumacher is being watched around the clock by doctors and his family who have maintained a bedside vigilas he continues to fight for his life. following a skiing accident.

The 44-year-old German remains in an induced coma in a critical condition after he suffered internal bleeding and severe bruising to the brain when his head struck a rock during a high-speed off-piste ski run in the French Alps.

Doctors declined to say Schumacher was in a stable condition overnight, rather that he was still in a critical condition and being kept in a coma and in a state of hypothermia to give him the best chance to recover from the serious head trauma.

Professor Stephen Chabardes, the neurosurgeon who operated on the star, said all recommended treatments were being performed and he was being watched hour-by-hour. He said brain scans had shown intercranial haematoma (internal bleeding), cerebral contusions (brain tissue bruising and oedema (fluid build-up).

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"We operated urgently to try to eliminate the (bleeding) haematoma and after the operation we saw that we had been able to eliminate these but also sadly the appearance of various bilateral lesions," he said.

Anaesthetist Jean-Francois Payen said: "We are working day and night at his bedside; it is too early to say anything as far as prognosis is concerned."

And neurologist Jean-Luc Truelle said it would take time for a better indication of the potential lasting damage.

The German, 45 on Friday, was skiing with son Mick, 14, off-piste when he fell and hit a rock, striking his head.

Doctors said Schumacher's helmet had given him a fighting chance but his head still suffered a very violent shock.

Witnesses, who called emergency services,confirmed he had been wearing a helmet but had been knocked unconscious and they saw blood coming from under the damaged helmet, marking the snow about him.

A Ferrari fan waits in front of the emergency department of the Grenoble hospital where Michael Schumacher is being treated for a severe head injury.

Paramedics flew to the Trois Vallees ski area within eight minutes of the accident and had him back to a local hospital before he was transferred to the nearby city of Grenoble for specialist treatment.

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Outside the hospital, Schumacher's fans have gathered - including some who drove more than four hours from Germany to be close to their hero. There are also more than a dozen television live broadcast vans parked in front of the hospital, broadcasting the latest news around the world.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was shocked "along with millions of Germans" by the accident to the F1 legend."We listened to the doctors earlier as they described the situation as extraordinarily serious," her spokesman Steffen Seibert said. "We hope, along with Michael Schumacher and his family, that his injuries will heal and he will recover. We wish his wife, his children and the rest of his family strength and mutual support."

Schumacher who lives in Switzerland was on a private trip staying locally at his chalet when the accident happened at the Meribel ski resort.

In a bizarre incident, the Guardian has reported that a journalist dressed as a priest in an attempt to gain access to Schumacher's hospital room.

"I wouldn't have ever imagined something like this could happen," Schumacher's manager, Sabine Kehm, was quoted as telling a journalist.

Michael Schumacher's friend and surgeon Professor Gerard Saillant at a press conference about the F1 legend's condition in Grenoble.

After the ruse was discovered the man was was purportedly escorted off the hospital's premises.

Schumacher is a towering figure in the motor industry and considered the greatest F1 driver ever. He retired from F1 for the final time in 2012 after a three-season comeback with Mercedes.

The race ace, who also drove for Jordan, Benetton and Ferrari, won the last of his world titles in 2004. He won two with Benetton, in 1994 and 1995, before moving to Ferrari and winning five in a row from 2000. The German has 91 career race wins.

Schumacher is considered the first ever self-made billionaire sports star.

Jean Marc Grenier, the deputy director of the hospital, speaks to the press.

Michael Schumacher pictures while announcing his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the 2012 season.

A file photo shows Michael Schumacher skiing in the Italian Alps in 2006. Schumacher is in a critical condition after hitting his head in a fall while skiing.

A file pitcure of Michael Schumacher from his Ferrari days, Schumacher is in a critical condition after hitting his head in a fall while skiing.

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