Start the clip to follow into the operating room - see how the way you treat stroke has revolutionized the last six years.
The plug is mechanically pulled out of the stroke patient's brain using various tools.
Sahlgrenska in Gothenburg is today the hospital in Sweden that performs the most thrombectomies, approximately 300 a year.
Since 2015, Sahlgrenska has worked intensively to reduce treatment times for stroke.
It then took about four hours from the time the ambulance left the patient in the hospital until the plug was gone.
Now the average time is about an hour.
- In general, we are fast in the country, not least here at Sahlgrenska.
You can say world-class, says Annika Nordanstig, neurologist.
One of the keys is that the ambulance no longer leaves the patients in the emergency room, but directly on the X-ray.
In addition, the staff regularly trains on the work steps to cut minutes where possible.
- The most important thing is that we are a good team, says Dennis Dunker, surgeon in the intervention department.
Trombektomier
Since 2015, when reports showed how effective the treatment method thrombectomy is, the number of thrombectomies in Sweden has increased dramatically.
The method has revolutionized the way to treat acute stroke.
- Then it was mostly about damage limitation and rehabilitation.
Now we can in some cases prevent the damage from occurring, says Dennis Dunker.
Minutes matter.
One hour delay of thrombectomy means that the effect of the treatment is halved.
For a stroke patient, it can be the difference between being in a nursing home or waking up and asking: "If there is no coffee in this place !?".
- That is perhaps when it is most rewarding.
All of a sudden, they can touch both hands and feet, says Ebba Larsson, a nurse in the intervention ward.