Doctors at Apollo Hospitals here have performed a challenging carotid endarterectomy procedure on a 93-year-old man to remove the block in one of the carotid arteries that supply blood to the brain.
This block and multiple other blocks in all arteries supplying blood to his brain had put him at a high risk of developing a massive stroke any time. The surgery was done by administering regional anaesthesia with the patient remaining awake during the procedure.
The patient was increasingly becoming giddy and found it difficult to walk when COVID-19 was raging. Moreover, he had hypertension and bronchial asthma for years. The pandemic made it difficult for him to get immediate medical attention, the doctors said.
