A very delicate and special surgery, one of the few performed in Greece, took place on Tuesday 29 November 2022 at the Metropolitan Hospital, by a team of doctors consisting of the neurosurgeons Mr.Mr. Pantelis Stavrinou, Christos Koutsarnakis and Sotirios Apostolakis, with the valuable support of the anesthesiologist Ms. Theanos Demesticha, the neuropsychologist Ms. Eva Liuta and the intraoperative neurophysiologist Mr. Elia Liouta. Kostas Papadopoulos.
It was the removal of a tumour, which was growing in the speech area of the brain of a young patient. Due to the localization of the tumor, the operation had to balance between its aggressive removal and the preservation of functions important to the patient.
For this reason, the craniotomy for the removal of the tumor was performed with the patient awake throughout. That is, the patient was awake and answered pre-arranged questions or performed simple activities (such as counting) and movements in order to allow real-time assessment of the effect of the surgical manipulations on her speech and general functional ability.
The most modern technological tools were employed to perform the surgery, including intraoperative brain mapping, neuroplanning and intraoperative ultrasound, and detailed imaging was performed preoperatively to determine where the functional areas and functional bundles of the brain were located and how close they passed through the tumour.
The patient then underwent detailed neuropsychological testing to accurately study the status of brain functions and determine the questions and activities she would have to answer or perform during the surgery.
The surgery was completely successful.
The surgical team worked like a flawless orchestra, achieving the ideal outcome for the patient's health, who was discharged on only the fourth post-operative day.
Source: ygeiamou.gr
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