China News Service, Yinchuan, April 2 (Reporter Yang Di) The reporter learned from the People's Hospital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on the 2nd that recently, the head of the cerebrovascular intervention team of Beijing Tiantan Hospital and the doctoral team of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China were appointed as the deputy director of the People's Hospital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Liu Aihua led the team to carry out the first minimally invasive interventional embolization of EVAL liquid glue through the middle meningeal artery for recurrent chronic subdural hematoma in Ningxia.
Liu Aihua (right) performs surgery. (File photo) Photo courtesy of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region People’s Hospital
Chronic subdural hematoma is a common disease in neurosurgery. It mostly occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. The main symptoms include headache, memory loss, mental retardation, mental disorder, etc. In severe cases, it may lead to brain tissue atrophy, necrosis, and even life-threatening.
Liu Aihua said that in the past, craniotomy or perforation and drainage were used as the main treatment methods for this disease, and the patient’s cure rate was low and the recurrence rate was high. “But this year’s multi-center prospective RCT study spearheaded in China clearly confirmed that the risk of subdural hematoma is Transmiddle meningeal artery embolization is clearly effective."
It is understood that Mr. Li, who underwent the operation, was 71 years old. He suffered a head injury in a car accident 4 months ago, resulting in frequent intermittent severe headaches. Two months later, Mr. Li developed symptoms of slow reaction, weakness of the right limb and unsteady walking. A transcranial CT examination revealed that the left subdural hematoma was compressing the brain and causing a midline shift. After surgery in an external hospital, Mr. Li's symptoms of unresponsiveness and limb weakness were significantly improved, but the headache symptoms were still severe. After examination, he was diagnosed with chronic sclerosis. Recurrence of submembranous hematoma.
After comprehensive analysis of medical records and imaging data, Liu Aihua performed the first minimally invasive interventional embolization of EVAL liquid glue through the middle meningeal artery for recurrent chronic subdural hematoma in Ningxia with the consent of the patient and his family. After the operation, the patient's intractable headache symptoms disappeared, and the condition good. (over)