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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Madinah - Asharq Al-Awsat

First Successful Brain Surgery to Treat Depression in Saudi Arabia

Surgeons incised the patient’s superior frontal gyrus from both sides under general anesthesia

A team of neurosurgeons and psychiatrists have helped alleviate the pain of a patient who suffered from chronic depression over the past 25 years. The patient underwent surgery to mitigate his acute symptoms and anxiety at the King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Medical City, in Madinah.

A medical team including neurosurgeons and psychiatrists was formed to discuss the case, and took the decision to intervene surgically in order to alleviate the acute symptoms of depression and the anxiety that accompanies it.

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