Jalandhar, December 12

By using the most advanced treatment method of flow diverters and retrieval devices, the team at Fortis Hospital treated two patients with complex neuromuscular conditions—one with haemorrhagic stroke and another with thrombotic occlusive stroke.

The team, led by Dr Sandeep Sharma, Additional Director, Neurointerventional Radiology, Fortis Hospital, treated a 51-year-old Jalandhar-based woman who had suffered a haemorrhagic stroke caused due to ruptured aneurysm.

“Patient Jasbir Kaur was suffering from hypertension, mouth deviation or paralysis of the facial nerve, stiffness of body and involuntary body movement. The patient was operated on the next day. The second patient, Kanwal Krishan Chatrath (70) had suffered a Thrombotic Occlusive Stroke. This happens when a blood clot forms and blocks blood flow through the artery. Mechanical thrombectomy, a type of minimally-invasive procedure was performed on him wherein an interventional.” — TNS