Chennai: Apollo Speciality Hospitals in Vanagaram, has performed three multi-disciplinary complicated procedures on a 35-year-old patient, who had an Ischemic stroke.

A press release from the hospital said, Ramkumar from Chennai was brought here with a sudden inability to use his left arm and leg and with symptoms of facial paralysis. He had a vision loss in his left eye and also his eye was deviated to the right side.

Dr. P R Prabash, Consultant Neurologist, diagnosed the patient with stroke (with NIHSS) scale of 18.

After team discussion, it was decided to do bridging procedure- Thrombolysis followed by Mechanical thrombectomy (passing a wire through his artery, reaching the location of the clot and mechanically remove it out). The patient underwent Thrombolysis followed by Mechanical Thrombectomy and the clot was removed and the blood vessel was revascularised.

On repeating the CT scan there was a swelling in the right side brain which was about to compress and damage the left side brain. On Dr. Siddhartha Ghosh. Senior Neurosurgeon’s recommendation, the swelling was treated initially with medications, but since the pressure was rising, it was decided to proceed with emergency decompressive craniectomy, which is removing one part of the skull to release the pressure that built up inside the cranium.

The patient is now undergoing Neuro Rehabilitation, even as the hospital launched the Apollo Post-Acute Care Integrated Stoke Rehabilitation Centre & Stroke Support Group on Tuesday.