For the first time in the history of Zamboanga del Norte, two cases of brain surgery were performed recently at the operating room of Dipolog Medical Center by neurosurgeon Dr. Gaudencio Arseno Tan Ligutom III.

Using DMC’s state-of-the-art neurosurgery equipments, Dr. Ligutom operated on a gunshot victim who sustained a through-and-through bullet wound on the front area of the head. The surgery, which lasted just over eight hours, was done to limit the damage in the brain’s frontal lobe and remove bone fragments driven by the impact of the bullet. Prognosis for the case was not very promising due to the initial involvement of the patient’s other body systems which became detrimental factors for recovery and also due to complications expected in major trauma cases.

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