Doctors from the Neurosurgery Hospital in Iasi have successfully removed a low-grade glioma, in a surgical intervention on a 67-year-old man from Petricani, who thus regained mobility throughout his body.
The man had been rushed to the Nicolae Oblu Emergency Clinical Hospital in Iasi because he could no longer speak and could no longer move his hands or feet, agerpres reports.
Following specialised investigations, the neurosurgeons found that he had a brain tumour of about 10 centimetres, a gigantic formation threatening his life.
"It was a laborious operation, because the presence of a tumour of such size in the brain, beyond the size of the lesion itself, also involves side effects on the brain, which are difficult to manage later through surgery. That is explained by the fact that the tumour has a slow growth, over several years, while the surgery occurs in a short interval," according to the manager of the Neurosurgery Hospital, Lucian Eva.
According to him, the return of the brain to its initial shape can produce, in some situations, major complications, such as strokes or cerebral haemorrhages, which can be catastrophic for the patient.
"Thanks to our surgical experience and postoperative monitoring in the intensive care unit, the tumour was completely removed. The patient is in a good condition, he has regained mobility throughout his body, and he was cured of his speech. From our point of view, the patient is cured. It will be monitored for imaging in the following period, and, in case of recurrence, which can happen in approximately 20% of cases of this type of tumour, it will be treated in the Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery Laboratory," said Eva.
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