KOTA KINABALU: A first brain surgery was carried out on a conscious patient successfully in Sabah by a team of surgeons from Queen Elizabeth 2 Hospital (HQE2) and University Malaysia Sabah (UMS).
The procedure known as"awake craniotomy" was performed on a 50-year-old female patient suffering from persistent headaches at the hospital here on Thursday .
She said the successful"awake craniotomy" has been carried out in Malaysia since 2010 at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Hospital Sungai Buloh and Hospital Sultanah Aminah. She was diagnosed as suffering from"multiple meningioma" on the left side of her brain that was very critical.
The surgery carried out with the patient conscious reduces the risk of damaging critical brain areas that control speech and other skills.
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