New minimally invasive treatment for brain bleeds

New minimally invasive treatment for brain bleeds New minimally invasive treatment for brain bleeds 4 TO 6 FOOT SEAS, SO I’D AVOID IT IF I COULD. GUYS. ALL RIGHT, SANDRA, THIS MORNING WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT FOR BRAIN BLEEDS, WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY COMMON IN OLDER PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON BLOOD THINNERS. HERE WITH US IS DOCTOR DANIEL VILA DUARTE FROM SAINT MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER. TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, THIS NEW PROCEDURE, NEW TREATMENT. WELCOME, DOCTOR. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. SO YOU WERE TELLING ME THAT THIS IS JUST IT’S CERTAIN KIND OF BRAIN BLEEDS. SO WHICH ONES ARE THEY. SO SUBDURAL HEMATOMA IS THAT BLOOD COLLECTION THAT ACCUMULATES BETWEEN THE SURFACE OF THE BRAIN AND THE SKULL. AND IT HAPPENS BECAUSE THE VEINS, AS WE AGE, THEY STRETCH. AND ANY MINOR BUMP, ANY, ANY MINOR FALL CAN JUST CAUSE THE STRETCHING OF THOSE VEINS AND THE ARTERIES AND THE VEINS END UP JUST OOZING CHRONICALLY OVER THE TIME. AND SO THERE IS AN ACCUMULATION OF BLOOD UNDER IN THE IN THAT SPACE. AND THAT CAUSES SYMPTOMS JUST VERY, VERY GRADUALLY. THE FAMILIES SOMETIMES THINK THAT AFTER A FALL OR AFTER A BUMP IN THE HEAD, NOTHING SHOULD BE DONE. BUT THERE ARE CHANGES IN CONSCIOUSNESS SOMETIMES AND PERSONALITY, AND THAT’S HOW IT HAPPENS. ARE THERE ANY SYMPTOMS FOR THAT TYPE OF BRAIN BLEED? SO THE THE HEMATOMA ACCUMULATES VERY SLOWLY AND SOMETIMES PERSONALITY CHANGES MEMORY PROBLEMS, BALANCE ISSUES. THOSE ARE THE VERY MINOR SUBTLE SYMPTOMS THAT THAT OCCUR IN PATIENTS WITH SUBDURAL HEMATOMAS. SO IF YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE, LET’S SAY THAT FALLS AND THEY SEEM FINE. SHOULD YOU DO SOMETHING, TAKE AN EXTRA STEP TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE OKAY. I THINK IT’S SAFE AND PRUDENT TO, AFTER A FALL OR ANY, ANY SORT OF MINOR TRAUMA, TO TAKE YOUR LOVED ONE TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO ACCUMULATION OR THERE’S NO MINOR BLEED OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. AND YOU’RE HERE TO TALK TODAY ABOUT A NEW PROCEDURE THAT’S BEING DONE TO TREAT THESE KIND OF BRAIN BLEEDS. BEFORE, IT WAS A MAJOR SURGERY AND NOW IT’S A MINIMAL SURGERY. SO TRADITIONALLY THE THIS TYPE OF BLEEDS HAVE HAVE BEEN DRAINED BY OUR COLLEAGUES IN NEUROSURGERY AND THROUGH A MINOR, JUST A MINOR INCISION IN THE SKULL DRAINING THE HEMATOMA, WHICH CAN BE LIFE SAVING IN SOME SOMETIMES IN SOME CASES, IN CASES WHERE THE HEMATOMA HAS ACCUMULATED, THIS BLOOD COLLECTION PERSISTS. IN. UNDER THOSE LAYERS, WE GO UP WITH. WITH CATHETERS TO THE BRAIN, USING THE HIGHWAYS OF THE ARTERIES AS HIGHWAYS TO JUST BLOCK THE FLOW TO THE ARTERY THAT IS CAUSING THAT CONSTANT OOZING AND THAT CONSTANT ACCUMULATION OF BLOOD IN THE IN WHAT’S WHAT’S CAUSING THE HEMATOMA. THAT’S THAT’S INCREDIBLE. JUST THE ADVANCEMENTS THAT WE’VE SEEN RIGHT IN, IN MEDICINE. WHAT IS THE RECOVERY LIKE FOR PATIENTS? SO WHEN WE DETERMINE THAT A PATIENT IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TYPE OF THERAPY, THE PATIENT COMES IN, COMES INTO THE HOSPITAL. WE PERFORM THIS PROCEDURE UNDER SOMETIMES UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA, SOMETIMES UNDER JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SEDATION MEDICINE. AND MOST OF THE TIME, JUST ONE NIGHT OR SOMETIMES JUST THE PATIENT CAN GO HOME THE SAME DAY. WOW. AND IF PEOPLE DON’T TAKE CARE OF THESE BRAIN BLEEDS, WHAT, WHAT COULD THAT LEAD TO? THEY ACCUMULATE THE THE HEMATOMA CONTINUES GROWING. AND SOMETIMES EVEN THOUGH NEUROSURGERY, MY COLLEAGUE FROM NEUROSURGERY CAN DRAIN IT, IT REACCUMULATES. IT FORMS. AND IT KEEPS ON GROWING OVER MONTHS. AND SO THE SYMPTOMS SOMETIMES ARE NOT SO CLEAR. AND SO THE THE EMBOLIZATION TAKES CARE OF THE PROBLEM AT THE ROOT. IT’S NOT ONLY THE DRAINING, BUT IT STOPS THAT ARTERY THAT CONTINUES FEEDING THE HEMATOMA COMPLETELY. WE INJECT SAFELY A SUBSTANCE, A POLYMER TO BLOCK THE FLOW OF THE ARTERY TO TO WHERE THE HEMATOMA IS. AND THE BENEFITS OF THAT INTERVENTION ARE SEEN THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD. WONDERFUL WITH CAT SCANS. AND SO ULTIMATELY THE HEMATOMA JUST DISAPPEARS, THE BRAIN HEALS. AND THEN THE PERSONALITY, THE PATIENT COMES BACK TO NORMAL. AND I’M SURE THE LOVED ONES LOVE TO SEE THAT. ALL RIGHT. Updated: 10:29 AM EDT May 4, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nathalie Pozo Anchor Advertisement New minimally invasive treatment for brain bleeds Updated: 10:29 AM EDT May 4, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nathalie Pozo Anchor According to doctors, certain types of brain bleeds require major surgery, but now a new minimally invasive treatment is being used for brain bleeds. Dr. Daniel Vela-Duarte, a neurointerventionalist at St. Mary's Medical Center, stopped by our studio to talk more about this topic.Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here. According to doctors, certain types of brain bleeds require major surgery, but now a new minimally invasive treatment is being used for brain bleeds. Dr. Daniel Vela-Duarte, a neurointerventionalist at St. Mary's Medical Center, stopped by our studio to talk more about this topic. Advertisement Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here. Weather Information