Surgeons at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, California, are the first in the region to use a new method that reduces stroke, reports The San Diego Union-Tribune.
The method channels blood from the brain through a special external filter that is later injected back into the body through a leg vein. The procedure helps keep bits of plaque in a clogged carotid artery from traveling to the brain and causing a stroke.
“While the flow is reversed, any plaque that tries to break loose gets filtered out,” said Scott Musicant, MD, a vascular surgeon at Sharp Grossmont.
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