Govt. doctors do critical brain surgery to treat aneurysm

Govt. doctors do critical brain surgery to treat aneurysm

The Hindu Bureau

TIRUCHI 10.01.2025

A team from the Department of Neurosurgery, K.A.P. Viswanatham Medical College and Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital, conducted its first endovascular ‘coiling’ of an aneurysm (a bulge or ballooning in a blood vessel wall) found in the brain of a 56-year-old man recently.

According to an official statement, the patient had complained of severe headache. Diagnostic tests confirmed the presence of a bi-lobed aneurysm, situated at the anterior communicating artery, which connects the left and right anterior cerebral arteries in the brain.

These aneurysms are particularly challenging because of their complex anatomy and the critical vascular territories they involve. With the guidance of S. Kumaravel, dean, K.A.P. Viswantham Medical College, MGMGH medical superintendent Udhaya Aruna and deputy superintendent Arun Raj, the surgical team carried out the ‘coiling’ operation on the affected area.

An aneurysm coil is a device made of platinum that can stop a ruptured aneurysm from continuing to bleed or prevent an unruptured aneurysm from bleeding. It is usually inserted via catheter.

Patient stable

After the procedure, the patient was shifted to the intensive care unit and his condition was reported to be stable.

The Department of Neurosurgery has performed around 50 diagnostic cerebral angiograms in the past six months, said the statement.