Mumbai, India
Dr. Avinash on the post-mortem table was taken aback by the absence of the hippocampus. Dr. Avinash observed that the hippocampus appeared to have been subpially separated from the brainstem and amygdala and removed. He noted that the superomedial amygdala remained intact. The manner in which the hippocampus had been removed seemed hurried and not meticulously surgically dissected. Based on his experience, he suspected this was done post-mortem.
No permission was asked, no information was given, and without the knowledge of anyone, why was a biopsy from Brain tissue taken?
Not in one operation theatre, not in one centre, not in one country? What is happening?
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Milan, Italy:
Dr. Filipo began the procedure of making burr holes—approximately fourteen millimetres in size—in the skull. The first hole was placed above the thickest part of the hematoma, with additional holes as needed to insert a drain dorsally into the deepest point of the hematoma cavity, and a second drain frontally into the highest point.
Immediately after that, Dr. Filipo swiftly performed a biopsy using a stereotactic biopsy needle and the neuro-navigation system, taking a quick biopsy from the hippocampus. He informed the anaesthetist, "I am done."
Neurosurgery resident Dr. Michele Marino, similar to previous cases, wondered why Dr. Filipo performed this procedure.
No permission was asked, No information was given and without knowledge of anyone why was a biopsy from Brain tissue taken?
Not in one operation theatre, not in one centre, not in one country? What is happening?
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VTwestsouth Medicare, Texas, USA
In Operation Theatre 13 of VTwestsouth Medicare in Dallas, Dr. Mark Adams was about to complete the surgery of Anterior Temporal Lobectomy. After instructing the resident neurosurgeon to complete the closure, Dr. Mark turned his attention to the removed brain tissue kept in a sterile container filled with a preservation medium.
“Why are you preserving this brain tissue in a preservation medium instead of using formalin for routine histopathology?” asked Dr. Sara a colleague neuro-surgeon.
No permission was asked, No information was given and without knowledge of anyone why was a biopsy from Brain tissue taken?
Not in one operation theatre, not in one centre, not in one country? What is happening?
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And Dr. Sara met with a fatal accident the next time she showed interest in that.