Bleeding inside brain treated successfully at SKY Hospital
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 01 2018:
For the first time in Manipur, a patient with a case of bleeding inside the brain was successfully treated without brain surgery at SKY Hospital.
Lallien (55), a resident of Churachandpur district developed a sudden onset of headache and collapsed while hunting on October 4 .
Emergency CT scan of brain detected a large intracranial subarachnoid haemorrhage (bleeding inside the brain), conveyed a press release issued by PRO, SKY Hospital & Research Centre Pvt Ltd.
Subsequent MRI Angiogram showed bleeding from aneurysm (arterial dilatation) of brain artery (ACOM).
Patients with such emergency condition do not usually survive without treatment, traditionally "brain surgery".
Lallien's family opted for non-surgical treatment strategy which is called "Endovascular coil embolisation of the bleeding arterial aneurysm", it said.
The statement further added that specialised confirmatory diagnostic procedure performed at SKY Hospital confirmed the diagnosis that the patient bled from aneurysm of the Anterior Communicating Artery (ACOM) of the blood circulation of the brain.
Under general anaesthesia, endovascular balloon assisted metallic coils (four in number) were inserted into the carotid artery (artery of the neck) and into the brain via the right groin through the right femoral artery, using a special large and long carotid sheath.
Under high resolution, Cath Lab Machine (the metallic coils) of SKY Hospital, were deployed one by one at the site of aneurysmal bleeding.
The procedure was performed on October 9 at 10.20 am and finished at 7:30 pm without any complication.
The patient started eating, drinking and talking 19 hours after the procedure.
He started walking on day 3 after the treatment and was discharged home on day 4.Lairikyengbam Shyamkishore, Chairman of the SKY Hospital expressed happiness and satisfaction on the success of the first time non-operative treatment of such life threatening acute intracranial bleed (Acute subarachnoid haemorrhage) in the State.
He appealed to the people to be vigilant and aware of symptom as sudden onset of headache and collapse while such non-surgical brain-care services is available 24 hour a day at SKY Hospital.