CHENNAI: A complex surgery was performed on a 15-year-old patient to correct a huge aneurysm in his brain by neuro-surgeon Dr K P Thirumaran at Dr Mehta’s Hospital here. Son of a renowned Sanskrit pandit, the boy was brought to the hospital with a complaint of severe and continuous head-aches that had been persistent for more than two months. He had approached several hospitals before, but to no avail. After careful diagnosis, the patient was found to have a huge aneurysm (swelling of the blood vessel) in the brain that had occupied almost a third of his cerebellum. The aneurysm was compressing the portion of the brain which controls respiration, heart and all parts of the body below the neck. The patient was admitted on August 3 and the operation conducted on August 5 in a four-hour-long surgical procedure. The most important and critical aspect of the problem was that the aneurysm was much bigger than anticipated. Even more critical was the fact that there was a constant doubt whether he would withstand the surgical procedure to correct the problem. Thankfully, the surgery was a success, with the patient able to speak to his parents soon after the surgery, giving a lot of relief to the anxious parents, doctors and all others involved in the surgery. “It was indeed a great relief to have seen to that the child was able to speak soon after the surgery,” said Dr Thirumaran.
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