2 patients with neurovascular conditions cured

Tribune News Service

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Jalandhar, December 11

By using the most advanced treatment method of flow diverters and retrieval devices, the team at Fortis Hospital treated two patients with complex neuromuscular conditions—one with haemorrhagic stroke and another with thrombotic occlusive stroke.

The team, led by Dr Sandeep Sharma, Additional Director, Neurointerventional Radiology, Fortis Hospital, treated a 51-year-old Jalandhar-based woman who had suffered a haemorrhagic stroke caused due to ruptured aneurysm.

“Patient Jasbir Kaur was suffering from hypertension, mouth deviation or paralysis of the facial nerve, stiffness of body and involuntary body movement. Medical tests revealed that she had a ruptured aneurysm of a distal brain artery. The patient was operated on the next day, during which the artery was repaired using the advanced techniques. The patient has recovered fully and is leading a normal life now,” Dr Sharma said.

The doctor added, “The second patient, Kanwal Krishan Chatrath (70) had suffered a Thrombotic Occlusive Stroke. This happens when a blood clot forms and blocks blood flow through the artery. If left untreated, the medical condition could have proved fatal. He was rushed to the emergency unit at Fortis and immediately, Mechanical Thrombectomy, a type of minimally-invasive procedure wherein an interventional radiologist uses specialised equipment to remove a clot from a patient’s artery, was performed. The patient is now healthy.”