The first of its kind at the state level
Rashid Hospital includes modern technology for measuring brain pressure
The brain pressure measuring device enables the doctor to make the right medical decision.
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Dr. Abdullah Qasim: "The department treats patients suffering from various problems and diseases of the brain and spine."
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The Department of Neurosurgery at Rashid Hospital included the latest international technologies for measuring brain pressure, making the Dubai Health Authority the first medical institution in the country to use this technology in diagnosing and treating brain problems with extreme efficiency and accuracy.
The consultant and head of the neurosurgery department at the hospital, Dr. Abdullah Qasim, stressed the importance of obtaining modern devices and technologies that contribute effectively to speeding up the recovery of patients, and enabling the medical staff to provide high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic services.
He said that the modern technologies in the neurosurgery department have contributed during the last period to the accurate diagnosis and treatment of many pathological conditions, pointing to a pathological condition that came to the department while she was suffering from vision loss, as the modern techniques in the department showed the presence of a tumor pressing on the optic nerve, which required medical intervention using A surgical navigation device that helped the doctor to locate and remove the closest point in the head that can be reached to the location of the tumor.
Qassem added that the patient regained her eyesight after the operation, and left the hospital.
He added that the department also dealt with a medical condition that suffered complete paralysis in the legs, and modern technologies have revealed the presence of an abnormal artery in the back area, so the medical team performed a delicate surgery to treat the artery, and the patient returned home while he was in good health.
Qasim said that the brain pressure measuring device is one of the very advanced technologies, which calculates the rate of pressure in the brain continuously, during and after the surgery, in order to enable the doctor to make the correct medical decision, and to determine the appropriate drugs to reduce brain pressure based on readings, indicators and charts Shown by the device.
He explained that the department treats many pathological conditions that suffer from various problems and diseases of the brain and spine, and require surgical solutions, such as head injuries, bleeding cases, hydrocephalus, arterial problems and brain tumors.
He referred to the advanced surgical microscope device, which is owned by the hospital's neurosurgery department, and it facilitates the doctor's handling of the tiny arteries in the brain, and the blood flow in them, after enlarging them 10 times their normal size, as the phosphorescent dye is used that shows the arteries with a high degree of clarity, which helps To deal with the health problem and take the appropriate decision about it.
The department also has an advanced sonar device, with a very accurate head, to give accurate readings about the speed of blood flow in the arteries.
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