A new, more complex but faster surgical technique allows patients with a large brain tumor to leave hospital after less than 24 hours of hospital treatment, by removing it through the eyebrow.
“It has a huge positive impact on patient outcomes. “In standard and extended craniotomy operations, the procedure usually takes around eight hours and patients spend days in hospital,” consultant neurosurgeon Anastasios Giamouriadis, from NHS Grampian, told The Independent on Friday. .
The surgeon explained to the British media that this new technique, which was developed in Scotland, will make it possible to remove a brain tumor the size of an apple by making only a small incision at the eyebrow level, which will leave fewer scars than a traditional craniotomy. .
It will build on existing techniques of laparoscopic surgery, a minimally invasive surgery that uses a camera to see inside the body by making only a small incision.
The procedure will also take half the time “or less,” Dr. Giamouriadis said.
“I have modified and developed the technique with my team and we operate on very large brain tumors in the front to the middle of the brain. The patient will go home on the second day and in most cases will return to normal life after a week or two,” rejoiced the surgeon who has already tested his method over 48 days. A different patient.
Among them, Doreen Adams, 75, reportedly felt almost no side effects from surgery when she woke up last year, in contrast to a previous craniotomy during which the treating team failed to remove the tumor that was causing her headaches.
“I felt good after the operation,” she told The Independent. I ended up with a black eye and it took a while before my eyes opened, but that's about it.
The doctor is currently working with a team to set up virtual reality training to teach the techniques of this new procedure to other surgeons.
“It is very difficult to train someone in this process in real life. We are developing a simulator to be able to train people […] This is the safest way to do it. “We are about to publish it so we can train other people.”
