Nghe An Friendship General Hospital performs endoscopic surgery to remove blood clot, saving the life of a patient with cerebral hemorrhage.

Recently, the Department of Spinal Neurosurgery,Nghe An Friendship General HospitalWe received a 70-year-old male patient residing in Ky Anh town, Ha Tinh province. The patient was admitted in a coma due to spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage caused by hypertension.

Previously, the patient had a history of hypertension but did not receive regular treatment. When generalized seizures and left-sided hemiplegia occurred, the patient received emergency treatment at Ha Tinh Provincial Hospital, and was then transferred to...Nghe An Friendship General Hospital.

On February 23rd, the patient was admitted to the Emergency Department. After examination and performing paraclinical tests such as CT scan of the brain, cerebral angiography, blood tests, etc., the doctors determined that the patient had a cerebral hemorrhage in the left frontal-temporal region with a large hematoma causing severe compression.

Given the patient's critical condition, the medical team at Nghe An Friendship General Hospital decided to perform endoscopic surgery to remove the hematoma, relieve compression, and preserve brain function. The surgery lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes and was successful, with almost all of the hematoma removed.

Following surgery, the patient was monitored in the Intensive Care Unit. Within just 24 hours, consciousness improved significantly. By the third day, the patient was alert, communicating well, and, importantly, showed no signs of focal neurological deficits. After 10 days, the patient recovered well, was discharged, and resumed normal activities and mobility.

According to Master's degree holder and doctor Nguyen Hong Viet - Department of Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery, Nghe An Friendship General Hospital: "Endoscopic hematoma removal surgery is a minimally invasive method that helps minimize damage to healthy brain tissue, shorten recovery time, and improve the prognosis for patients with cerebral hemorrhage."

Currently, in Nghe An and the surrounding area, this technique has only been implemented at Nghe An Friendship General Hospital and has yielded positive results for many patients. When a brain hemorrhage occurs, if not treated promptly, the patient faces the risk of death or irreversible disability."

Endoscopic hematoma removal is one of the new techniques routinely performed at the Department of Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery, yielding a high success rate. In addition, the unit also implements many other advanced methods such as microsurgical resection of brain tumors at the skull base, surgery to treat aneurysms, and endoscopic spinal disc removal.

The success of this surgery once again affirms the important role of endoscopic techniques in treating dangerous neurological diseases.