UAE patient undergoes successful cutting-edge brain surgery while awake

UAE patient undergoes successful cutting-edge brain surgery while awake

Dr. Waseem Aziz, Consultant Neurosurgeon at SSMC, who spearheaded the surgical surgery, explained: “By conducting timely examinations, we were able to detect the abnormality. The tumor was in a critical area of the brain, the motor cortex, which controls physical movement for the opposite half of the body. That meant we had to conduct the surgery while the patient was awake, in order to constantly monitor his neurological functions.”

The brain plays a vital role in the central nervous system; it controls the ability to speak, move, think or remember. Like with all brain surgeries, the removal or manipulation of brain parts naturally poses some risks and can impair vision, speech, and motor skills[1]. Awake brain surgery, combined with advanced neuro-monitoring and brain mapping, allows surgeons, like Dr. Waseem, to identify precisely which areas of the brain control those functions and avoid them.

Dr. Maged Raafat, Consultant Anesthetist, said: “Anesthesia plays a critical role in complex cases such as this one, as the priority is to keep the patient awake and alert, but pain-free, in order to respond to questions and move during the surgery to ensure the surgical resection is safe.”

Dr. Waseem continued: “The success of this challenging craniotomy was the