Turkey Speaks That Doctor! Successful Neurosurgeon Breakthrough! 11-Year-Old Boy Got A Brain Battery While Awake!

Elazig Fırat University Faculty of Medicine Department of Brain and Nerve Surgery Lecturer Assoc. Dr. Sait Öztürk is one of Turkey’s most successful surgeons in brain battery surgeries with his successful operations. In particular, performing Parkinson’s and Brain Battery surgeries with State facilities, Dr. Öztürk serves his patients from all regions of Turkey.

Breakthrough in Turkey

Adding a new one to his successful surgeries, Assoc. Dr. Sait Öztürk, breaking new ground in Turkey, performed Brain Battery Surgery on his 11-year-old patient while he was awake.

Performing the surgery, Assoc. Dr. Sait Öztürk about the brain pacing surgery performed for the first time on a pediatric patient while awake: “One of the most effective treatment methods for dystonia patients’ diseases, which are characterized by involuntary contractions in the trunk, arms and legs, and which often results from genetic disorders, is ‘brain pacemaker’ surgery. told.

Giving information about the surgery, Dr. Sait Öztürk: “The brain pacing surgery is performed awake and cables are placed in the targeted areas in the brain, and then the battery is inserted to check whether the patient’s complaints regress or not while the patient is awake. In these highly effective brain battery surgeries, patients are carried out one day after the operation and return to their normal lives in a short time. While this brain pacing surgery, which requires quite advanced technology and attention, is mostly applied to adult patients, it should sometimes be applied to pediatric patients. During the operation, the patient is awake and cables are sent to the relevant brain region through two small holes opened in the skull with local anesthesia and immediately after that, the battery is attached to this cable and the patient’s complaints improve. The patients are followed up before and after the operation by Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry specialists on the basis of a teamwork principle.

Fırat Neurosurgery Center is the Frequent Place of Patients

Making a name for himself with his successful operations at Fırat University, Assoc. Dr. Sait Öztürk announced that they serve patients from all over Turkey. Stating that he has patients from abroad, apart from his patients from almost all cities of the country, Dr. Öztürk interacts with his patients on his Facebook page called Fırat Brain Battery Center.