"Doctor Uses Experimental Brain Glue To Save Connecticut Boy" - Dr. Max Gomez
A Connecticut boy started falling asleep in class, which led him to learn that he had a lethal brain problem. Surgery wasn’t an option, but an experimental brain glue saved the boy. The problem was a massive blood vessel malformation in his brain, called an arterio-venous malformation, or AVM for short. World-renowned neuro-radiologist, Alejandro Berenstein, MD, professor of neurosurgery and pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and director of the pediatric cerebrovascular program at the Mount Sinai Health System, routinely treats AVMs with medical-grade superglue. But this malformation was so big, he turned to the experimental brain glue. Six eight-hour procedures later, the boy’s AVM is almost completely closed off – no more headaches. He’s now back in school and hoping that his brain ordeal is over.
- Alejandro Berenstein, MD, Professor, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Pediatric Cerebrovascular Program, Mount Sinai Health System