Czech doctors in Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem of the country have performed a unique brain operation, the first of its kind in central and eastern Europe, daily Pravo said on Wednesday.
The doctors removed an orange-size tumor from the brain of a 50- year-old man applying the technology of identification and visualization of important nerve tracks by means of magnetic resonance, the paper said.
The new technology allows surgeons to look inside the brain and localize important nerve tracks, plan the operation extent and choose the surgical method of dealing with the tumor, according to the paper.
This largely lowers the risk of harming function centers that may result in the patient's losing the mobility of hands, sight and speech, Martin Sames, head of the neurosurgical clinic of Jan Evangelista Purkyne University and Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem, told Pravo.
He said this method is particularly important in the treatment of primary tumors that are formed by nerve tissue cells where the border between them and the health and functioning tissue is not easy to identify.
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