A patient diagnosed with a brain tumour was successfully operated on after surgery at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
A complicated brain tumour in a 54-year-old patient has been successfully removed at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in the capital. The surgery was performed by an international team of surgeons using state-of-the-art technology. The doctors at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery were assisted by two renowned doctors from Japan and the UK, the latter being a fellow countryman.
The patient Valeriu Ghizdari from Ungheni had been suffering from severe headaches for more than half a year, and lately they had hardly stopped. Following investigations, it was found that he had a brain tumour.
"I was referred to Mr Zapuhlîh and consulted him. I saw what the problem was and he told me I urgently needed surgery. This is a great joy, a hope, it's rare when you get such a professional operation," says the man.
"May it be in a good hour and may we come home healthy. Grandchildren, children, brothers, sisters are waiting for him. Hopefully a miracle will be not only to us, but to other people who will call," said the patient's wife.
State-of-the-art equipment at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery makes it possible to perform complicated operations.
"We have to merge the pre-operative image with the patient's position on the operating table. There's a camera that's going to look at the patient," explains UK neurosurgeon Marcel Ivanov.
The Moldovan doctors were assisted by two renowned neurosurgeons. One is a compatriot of ours, who has been based in the UK for almost 20 years, and the second is a professor at a university in the Japanese city of Matsumoto.
"This is my first time in the Republic of Moldova and it is a great pleasure to work with the doctors here. The technique in Japan is similar to what is done here, the microscope is the same, the ability to do something is similar in your country," says Tetsuya Goto, a neurosurgeon from Japan.
"With this intervention we don't want to damage important brain functions: visual, speech, movement function, and that's our role. We, like any doctor, are trying to minimise these risks, to help this patient who is suffering," says UK neurosurgeon Marcel Ivanov.
The team of doctors was assisted by Professor Grigore Zapuhlîh, director of the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery.
"By a stroke of luck, as part of the Balkan Medical Week, we have these two colleagues: Marcel Ivanov is an international expert in the field of intraoperative imaging, intraoperative ultrasonography, neuronavigation and having state-of-the-art equipment. Professor Goto is a specialist in intraoperative neurophysiology," says Grigore Zapuhlîh.
Around 400 neurocerebral operations are performed annually at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in the capital.
