BACKGROUND
Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage is a neurological condition with high rates of morbidity and mortality, which is treated by various surgical techniques that seek minimal parenchymal distortion and maximum evacuation of the hematoma.
OBSERVATIONS
The advancement of technology has allowed the development of minimally invasive techniques, but the high cost of its equipment is a limitation for its practice in developing countries or third world countries. A new technique called MEP-BA by its acronym in Spanish (microscope, polypropylene endoport and Foley catheter, bipolar forceps and aspiration) is presented, which seeks optimal results with low-cost materials through a polypropylene endoport with a sterile disposable syringe and Foley catheter, allowing the creation of transcortical or transsulcal corridors for the total evacuation of the hematoma.
LESSONS
The neurosurgeon must be a creator and innovator of neurosurgical techniques and equipment that allow procedures to be reproducible worldwide. The MEP-BA technique provides low-cost access through which it allows the use of aspiration and coagulation devices, minimizing brain damage and maximizing the safety and efficacy of intracerebral hematoma evacuation.
Introducción: Los gliomas conforman la mayoría de los tumores primarios que surgen del parénquima cerebral. Reporte de caso: varón de 39 años, con antecedente de hace 08 años de oligodendroglioma grado II sometido a cirugía para exéresis completa, más quimioterapia y radioterapia; que se presentó con 6 semanas de enfermedad caracterizada por crisis convulsivas tónico clónicas generalizadas, adormecimiento y disminución de fuerza de hemicuerpo derecho. El examen clínico revelo hemiparesia derecha a predominio braquial 2/5, Glasgow 15 puntos. En la resonancia cerebral se encontró extenso realce nodular de 4.8 cm localizado en región fronto-parietal izquierda, con abundante edema vasogénico ejerciendo efecto de masa. Se realiza segunda cirugía encontrando en anatomía patología un glioma de IV grado OMS. Conclusión: Los oligodendrogliomas son tumores de crecimiento lento, cuyo tratamiento es conjunto, cirugía, quimioterapia y radioterapia. La recurrencia generalmente se da con un grado más elevado, disminuye la esperanza de vida del paciente.
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