Novel surgery performed in eastern Cuba
Holguin, Cuba, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) For the first time in eastern Cuba, a resection of a glioma in the left temporal lobule was performed successfully using intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM).
In exclusive statements to Prensa Latina, Dr. Freddy Varona, chief of the Neurosurgery Service at the Lucia Iñiguez Landin Hospital, in Holguin province, explained that the 48-year-old patient, Erides Almarales, was operated on using this novel procedure based on several techniques to remove a 7x7-cm malignant tumor.
'Due to its location, size aMond the fact that is one of the most aggressive lesions that affects the central nervous system, we decided to combine the fluorescein protocol (a medication that colors the most vascularized and damaged zones) and microscopic surgery with IONM, to be able to differentiate, through the brain's electrical patter, the healthy tissue from the damaged one,' he noted.
The invasive action did not cause any new lesions, said Brain Surgeon Jose Miguel Pastor, another member of the team.
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