For the first time in the history of Ukrainian medicine, neurosurgeons of the St. Nicholas Hospital in Lviv performed a brain operation on a child with awakening during the most important part of the. This is necessary in order to avoid damage to important areas of the brain, they said in the First Medical Association of Lviv on Facebook.

The patient was 15-year-old Maxim Volovich from Ternopil. The guy suffered from severe epileptic seizures from the age of eight due to a tumor in the brain. The reason for the next attack could be anything, including physical activity and emotions.

" Laughter or tears - could also provoke an attack. Maxim's childhood passed with strict restrictions, under the constant supervision of his mother, who watched her son around the clock and was afraid for his life.. In recent years, it has become difficult for the young man to speak and remember,"

As they specified there, over time, the tumor grew and began to put pressure on the areas of the brain that are responsible for speech and movement.. This not only aggravated the attacks, but also created a high risk of paralysis of the right half of the guy's body..

After a thorough examination, Lviv doctors called the only chance for treatment for Maxim a brain surgery with awakening. Intervention was necessary because the tumor could lead to a risk of death.

During the process of direct removal of the tumor, doctors managed to wake up the teenager in order to control his speech and movements and not damage the areas of the brain responsible for this..

" While he was speaking, neurophysiologists Maria Pavlyuk and Yulia Galiy-Gerasimovich recorded activity in the areas responsible for limb movements and speech..

[see_also ids\u003d"

After a seven-hour operation, Maxim began to speak better than before.

The results of the MRI showed that the tumor was completely removed - it was benign. According to Lviv doctors, the guy no longer experiences epileptic seizures and does not need treatment..

" \! Sick people come, but healthy people go! " And Maxim himself constantly smiles and does not get tired of sharing his plans for the future: he wants to play sports and dreams of traveling,"

The day before, the first osseointegration prosthetics in Ukraine was performed in Lviv - the prosthesis was implanted into the patient's bone.