33-hour marathon brain surgery!

Areterio Venous Malformation or AVM in his brain. He was having repeated strokes and seizures because of frequent bleeding from the malformation. His scans were sent to many neurosurgical centers including France. No hospital was ready to operate on him considering the complexity of the disease and possible fatal complications. I do consult in Antananarivo […]

Acoustic Tumor

Acoustic Tumor

An Acoustic Neuroma is a tumor found in the area of the brain where the auditory (hearing) nerve enters the bony opening of the skull between the brain and the inner ear. The tumor arises in the vestibular nerve, which is involved in balancing the body, and therefore the proper name is a vestibular schwannoma. These tumors […]