Doctors in Kerala use new technique to treat brain aneurysm

KOCHI: For the first time in Kerala, doctors successfully use the Silk Vista flow diverter stenting procedure for endovascular treatment in a brain aneurysm patient here.
The 55-year-old patient from Ernakulam, suffering from headaches and visual disturbances, was admitted to the Aster Medcity neurosurgery department. The patient’s MRI of the brain showed a giant aneurysm arising from the main artery supplying to the brain.He also had a previous history of an intracranial aneurysm for which he received surgical clipping treatment.
“Considering the patient’s symptoms and location and size of the aneurysm, we decided to perform the Silk Vista flow diverter procedure as it offers higher visibility, better deployment and thereby increases the safety. The technique enables doctors to divert the blood flow away from the aneurysm and to heal the aneurysm progressively,” said Dr Vijay Jayakrishnan, senior consultant, Interventional Neuro Radiology.
The patient left the hospital within 48 hours of the procedure.
A brain aneurysm is a sac or a bulge in the wall of an artery supplying the brain that balloons out and fills with blood. A brain aneurysm can rupture and needs urgent treatment, or it can enlarge in size and cause pressure effect on adjacent nerves.