Successful ablation of a brain tumor

On July 29. For example, the HO HOS HOS HO CHI MINH-VILLE announced that it had managed to remove a large brain tumor thanks to the combination of several techniques: embolization of blood vessels, use of the neurosurgical navigation system (navigation) and the ultrasonic device for tumor cutting. However, The patient regained her faculties only two hours after the intervention.

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The FV Hospital announced that it had managed to remove a large brain tumor thanks to the combination. For example, of several techniques.

It is Trinh Nhât Khanh, 45, living in Ho Chi Minh Ville. Nevertheless, Suffering occasionally from light headaches, she decided to do a stroke screening at the FV Hospital. In addition, successful ablation brain tumor MRI revealed a large meningioma (meninges tumor) over 6 cm in diameter. equivalent to the size of an orange, compressing almost a quarter of its brain.

According to the D^r. Trân Luong Anh. head of the neurosurgery and spinal surgery department at the FV hospital, the tumor developed over a long period, and the skull was gradually adapted, making the diagnosis difficult. Although the patient has headaches, the tumor had not yet affected her higher neurological functions. However. urgent surgical intervention was essential because additional growth in the tumor could have caused serious complications such as epilepsy or endangering the patient’s life.

After consultation, the medical team decided to operate. However. the intervention presented risks: the size and density of the tumor made its removal difficult, with a high risk of damaging the surrounding cerebral tissues. In addition. the tumor was fed by a dense network of blood vessels, which successful ablation brain tumor increased the risk of hemorrhage during the operation.

To reduce blood loss. preserve the vessels, the doctors proceeded, the day before the intervention, to embolization in order to obstruct the nourishing arteries of the tumor. The following day. guided by the surgical navigation system (navigation), the surgeons were able to locate with precision the contours of the tumor and optimize the surgical opening, neither too large nor too small, thus reducing the duration of the operation and the associated risks. The system also made it possible to identify and preserve blood vessels close to the tumor.

In parallel, surgeons used a specialized ultrasonic device to fragment the tumor, an ideal solution in front of its density. The D^r. Trân Luong Anh said that for large and dense tumors, manual removal would risk causing lesions to brain tissue. The use of ultrasound allows precise extraction, without having to successful ablation brain tumor handle too much, thus minimizing collateral damage.

The intervention, mobilizing several innovative techniques, lasted four hours. Additionally, The tumor was completely extracted without affecting neighboring cerebral tissues. with very little blood loss, a shortened operating duration, and impressive recovery: the patient was conscious only two hours after the operation. Four days later, his state of health was restored 90 % of normal. Fortunately, anatomopathological analysis revealed that it was a benign tumor. The patient will soon be able to leave the hospital and regain a normal life.

Texte et Photo: Minh Thu/CVN