Patient suffering stroke in Batman saved with mechanical thrombectomy

49-year-old Cemil Akbaş, who suddenly fell ill while chatting with his friends in Batman, regained his movement and speech abilities in 45 minutes after the clot in his brain vessel was removed using the mechanical thrombectomy method at the Batman Training and Research Hospital, where he was rushed.

49-year-old Cemil Akbaş, who suddenly fell ill while sitting with his friends at a coffeehouse in Batman, was rushed to the Batman Training and Research Hospital with the help of those around him. Having been found to have a clot in his brain vessel during examinations and having lost his ability to move and speak, Akbaş was urgently taken for an angiogram. Thanks to the mechanical thrombectomy method performed for the first time at the hospital, the patient regained his health after the clot in his vessel was cleared in an intervention lasting about 45 minutes.

Interventional Radiologist Dr. Abdurrezzak Teken, who performed the procedure, stated that the patient applied to the emergency department in the second hour of his stroke condition, drawing attention to the importance of early intervention. Cemil Akbaş described regaining his ability to speak as feeling like being reborn and thanked the hospital staff.