Amazing Surgery Saved This Woman ...While She Was Having a Stroke ; Radical Stent Technique Gives Hope to the Thousands Every Year Who Suffer a Stroke

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A ground-breaking surgical procedure could revolutionise the outcome for the estimated 150,000 yearly victims of stroke - the third most common cause of death and the largest cause of adult disability in the UK.

The procedure, which involves inserting a stent, or metal tube, into the brain, has been used before but usually only once stroke patients have recovered, as a preventative measure to stop them suffering another.

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Amazing Surgery Saved This Woman ...While She Was Having a Stroke ; Radical Stent Technique Gives Hope to the Thousands Every Year Who Suffer a Stroke

But last month, British surgeons used the technique, which is already carried out in mainland Europe, for the first time and saved the life of a mother of two from London while she was suffering a major stroke.

A stroke occurs when blood flow...

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