At IASO Thessalias, was carried out with great success a brain tumor removal surgery to a patient, occipital lobe lesion, using the new arrived state-of-the-art system of surgical navigation StealthStation S8 of the construction firm MEDTRONIC.

The patient came at the Clinic as an emergency case, with severe headache, dizziness and disturbed vision. He was examined by the Neurosurgeon in duty Mr. Iordanis Georgiadis, who deemed that the surgical treatment of the lesion was necessary, based on the results of the clinical and laboratorial scanning. The operation was performed by the use of the new equipment of surgical navigation, by the Neurosurgeons of the 1st Neurosurgical Clinic of IASO Thessaly Dr. Vasileios Slatinopoulos, Director and Mr. Iordanis Georgiadis, Registrar. The Anesthesiologist – Intensive Care Specialist Ms. Maria Boulovana, administered anesthetics. The patient was discharged three days after the surgery fully mobilized.

The new advanced surgical navigation system is suitable for specialized brain and spine tumor surgeries, as well as the performance of stereotactic biopsies. It is the latest neurosurgical technology providing integrated solutions for Central Neural System diseases’ treatment, with maximum safety and intraoperative accuracy. In combination with the new Pentero microscope the precise location and identification of the lesions and the safe and prompt performance of the operation are ensured, and therefore the surgical time and the hospitalization days of the patient in the Clinic are reduced to a minimum.

For IASO Thessalias, on the one hand, the high quality of the services provided and on the other hand the continuous investment in cutting edge technology, consist its main obligations towards the patients. New equipment’s supply is necessary in order our associate doctors to be able to offer to the patients’ unimpeded safe services. Its modern premises and its medical and technical infrastructure render unique its hospitalization conditions, both in Thessaly and Central Greece.