Doctors in Grenoble had some good news for the world regarding Micheal Schumacher’s condition.

A second operation was carried out on the 7-time world champion last night after CT scans showed that there was a slight improvement. Scans this morning revealed that there were improvements to Schumacher’s condition.

“Very late in the evening (Monday) another brain scan was carried out and we could see a slight improvement and allowed us to tell the family that we would be able to have another surgical intervention to reduce the hematoma and that surgical intervention took place overnight,” said Hospital Director General Jacqueline Hubert

The doctors made it clear that there was no deterioration in Schumacher’s condition.

The second operation was carried out late last night to remove a hematoma on the left side of his brain. The operation, according to the doctors was a success as they had completely removed the hematoma. There are other hematomas on his brain but there are no immediate plans to remove them as they are difficult to access.

“At that moment, talking to our neurological surgeons, taking into consideration his state had slightly improved, we suggested we would carry out a surgical intervention that had not been originally envisioned but that allowed us in the evening to treat in a more efficient fashion and in a more radical fashion to try and eliminate this intracranial pressure.

“This was carried out during the night with relatively good efficiency which allowed his this morning to look at new images and we were able to see that this hematoma had been evacuated in a very correct and very satisfactory fashion and we now have a few signs that currently can allow us to feel that it is better controlled than it was yesterday,” said Professor Jean-Francois Payen

The operation was carried out by the hospitals chief neurologist Professor Emmanuel Gay which lasted two hours.

“This was not the hematoma that had been removed the night before, this was a hematoma that was actually in the brain itself, but all the parameters last night allowed us to eliminate it and therefore together we decided to do so and at the same time to reduce intracranial pressure,”

“On the control scan that was carried out this morning the levels of intracranial pressure have improved, but the scan does show there are other legions on other parts of the brain and those legions are going to be supervised and followed up of course. We can’t for the moment envisage much more – we are just going to be regularly supervising the situation on an hourly basis and that is all we can say today,” said Professor Gay

With the operation going well and with the scans showing some encouraging news, Professor Payen stressed that Schumacher is not out of danger and the situation was fragile and he is still critical. He went on to say that the situation was better controlled than yesterday and that they have “gained a bit of time with regards to the development.” He also added that “the coming hours are still critical.”