Surgeons treating Michael Schumacher said they have detected an improvement in his condition but have cautioned that the grand prix champion is still not out of danger.
After consulting his family, surgeons performed a second operation overnight to relieve pressure on his brain.
While the doctors said there are some positive signs and there is a slight improvement in his condition, they disclosed that more lesions were discovered on his brain.
Professor Jean-Francois Payan said: “We have received a transitional improvement on the brain for Michael Schumacher which meant that we could take a new scan without putting him at risk.
“This scan showed that he is relatively stable.
“So this morning we took more scans and we have noticed we have evacuated the haematoma which is situated on the left hand side of the brain which means the situation is better controlled than yesterday.
“The scans showed that the haematoma was correctly evacuated and there was an improvement.
“But scans show that there are other lesions on the brain and show these lesions need to be kept in check and we need to check on these every hour.”
The second operation took around two hours however the medical team treating Schumacher said the ensuing hours will be crucial to the outcome.
Surgeons remain standfast in not divulging any prognosis about Schumacher’s future.
“We can’t say that he is out of danger but we now have a bit more time in the evolution.
“The hours to come will be crucial to the outcome.
“Yesterday we found a window of opportunity to do this operation at the beginning of the evening.
“With the permission of the family who also wanted to do this.
“We still can’t say we have won but there has been some highs and some lows.”
Schumacher, whose condition remains critical, remains too fragile to transfer to another hospital and any decision to do so will come at a later date.
