Neurosurgeons from Novosibirsk were able to remove the woman brain tumor through a small incision in the eyebrow line, is made possible thanks to innovative technology for minimally invasive keyhole (keyhole). According to experts, the new method eliminates the effects of traditional surgery not only due to the cosmetic effect, it involves a much smaller risk of complications.
Surgery to remove a brain tumor through an incision in the eyebrow the size of four centimeters was conducted by specialists from the National medical research centre named after academician E. N. Meshalkin. They were told that their patient, 47-year-old resident of Novosibirsk, went to the doctors after a sharp decline in vision. The woman did an MRI and found a tumor that was affecting the optic canal and squeezing the optic nerve.
Traditional surgical treatment of brain tumors involves removal of a section of bone from the skull, which is first removed, and then is again put into place. This method is fraught with many risks and requires a long rehabilitation, only 10% of patients after such operations have the opportunity to begin to conduct a former way of life.
The new technology means that the patient will be positioned on the operating table so that his head was the most upturned bottom. While the frontal lobes are removed in a natural way, by gravity, whereas the “classic” operation of their assigned using the tools. Held in Novosibirsk surgeons rectale tumors new technology, in their own words, reduces the invasiveness and risk of complications, allows to reduce the recovery time.
The patient felt better on the second day after surgery. Doctors predict final visual recovery within six months.
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