Method of treatment of ultrasonic cerebral infarction

Argentinian doctors have just announced testing a new method for treating cerebral infarction without surgical intervention, to reduce the risk of death and complications from stroke.

Dr. Marta Lujan Kura, Head of Ultrasound Department of the Eneri Medicine Institute, said the method is called "sonic thrombocytopenia" (sono-thrombolysis), which has the same principle as fetal ultrasound, but must Use special devices to create very low frequency ultrasound waves that can dissolve hematomas in brain arteries.

However, according to Ms. Kura, this measure is still in the testing phase, only applicable to patients who cannot treat traditional methods and all 8 patients treated by the above method in Argentina are The results are very positive.

According to neurosurgeon specialist Boris Pabon, also of the Eneri Institute of Medicine, the advantage of the new method is that there is no surgical intervention, safe for patients and less contraindicated.

Until now, the only contraindication to the use of this method was when the patient had a high fever due to the very low frequency of ultrasonic treatment.

Stroke is one of the major causes of disability in Argentina. On average every 4 minutes, a person in this country has a catastrophe.