At Montpellier University Hospital, the team of Professor Vincent Costalat and Dr Caroline Arquizan carried out an international study on stroke which is revolutionizing the management of the disease. A severely damaged brain has been shown to “can come out of it with fewer after-effects”reports Free Midday.
This is a revolution for stroke patients. In its edition of Tuesday May 14, Free Midday explains that the Montpellier University Hospital made it possible to carry out an international medical study on strokes, led by the team of Professor Vincent Costalat and Dr Caroline Arquizan. Strokes often lead to “severe after-effects” and can touch “neurological functions”, we read on the Public Health France website. But, “The brain that we thought was dead is not”sums up the medical team at Montpellier University Hospital with pride, in Midi Libre.
Patients affected by a stroke may subsequently experience speech or motor skills difficulties, among other things. Public Health France emphasizes that strokes “constitute a major cause of non-traumatic motor disability and a significant risk factor for dependence”. Thanks to the medical study, the hope of a better recovery is possible. “Until now, we reserved cerebral revascularization techniques for patients for whom brain imaging showed limited destruction of the brain. We have shown that these people also have a chance of recovering, and of coming out with less after-effects”indicates Doctor Caroine Arquizan.
“A reduction in the absolute risk of death by 20%”
The conclusions of the study carried out on 333 people were also published on Wednesday May 8 in the prestigious medical journal The New England Journal of Medicine. “To the great surprise of the entire scientific community, the therapeutic trial turned out to be very positive with a reduction in the absolute risk of death of 20%”, continues Doctor Caroine Arquizan. Furthermore, this therapeutic trial allowed “a surprising functional improvement bringing one in five patients home after six months of rehabilitation”explains the Montpellier University Hospital to Free Midday. However, patients keep “still have after-effects” And “will not fully recover”, but “even if the symptoms are very alarming, we must not believe that all is lost”concludes Doctor Arquizan.
published on May 14 at 4:25 p.m., Capucine Trollion, 6Medias
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