Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 4: The first ‘Endovascular Flow Diverter Contour Device’ was successfully performed on a 73-year-old woman at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Narayana Hospital, Katra.
Krishana Devi suffering with severe headache and drowsiness was rushed to the Emergency Wing of SMVD Narayana Superspeciality Hospital. The patient was immediately attended and assessed by the Neurosurgeon Dr Mahander Pal. The CT scan was done which showed diffuse Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) – a life-threatening type of stroke caused by bleeding into the space surrounding the brain.
The CT angiography was done which showed large basilar top aneurysm. The patient was admitted in Neuro ICU and was managed with medication by Dr Mahander Pal, Dr JP Singh and Neuro Anaesthetist Dr Summit Baloria. The Hospital also called in Dr Tariq Martin (Interventional Neurologist at Narayana Superspeciality Hospital Gurugram) who immediately flew in to Jammu and took this patient immediately into Cathlab for the intervention which could save her life and organs.
As aneurysm was complex, so new technology flow diverter was used by the team of doctors comprising Dr Tariq Martin, Dr Mahander and Dr Summit Baloria. The procedure was successfully done and the patient was able to recover her speech and other motor movements which could be lost if timely intervention was not done. The patient is now discharged and is able to lead a routine life.
Time is critical if someone is having a stroke. Stroke can prevent with bleeding into brain or vessel block or vessel swelling rupture (aneurysm) bleeding into brain. The longer a stroke goes untreated, the more damage can be done—possibly permanently—to the brain. In stroke, if time is lost a life is lost, so rush the patient to the hospital. In a stroke case the time lost can risk the life or cause the permanent disability for the patient.
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