Guwahati's first Non-surgical treatment of brain cerebral performed

05:12 AM Jun 07, 2018 | G Plus News

Guwahati: GNRC Hospitals for the first time in the North East successfully performed the treatment of a cerebral/brain aneurysm with a flow diverter stent implant.

Dr. Firdaus Ahmed, senior consultant, neuro-interventional Surgery, GNRC Hospitals, opted for this pioneering technology that used minimally invasive intervention. 

He is the first doctor in the North East to perform the successful implant.

The flow diverter stent implant was performed on a 59-year-old female patient.

The patient was admitted with a small complex wide neck aneurysm in the brain and has been dealing with the symptoms like headache and vomiting few weeks before admission.