In November 2023, Gulmira Baidalieva suffered a stroke, after which her vision rapidly deteriorated. One eye could see only 30 per cent, and the other eye could not see at all. According to Gulmira, she could not see people's faces, could not use the telephone, or watch TV. Specialists said that it was impossible to restore her vision because the eye nerve was atrophied. Gulmira's relatives were not ready to accept this and started to look for ways to solve this disease, to find doctors ready to take on this special case. At a consultation at the National Centre for Neurosurgery, Gulmira had hope and a complex operation was required. After thorough preparation for the operation, the woman was hospitalized as planned.
Doctors from the Department of Vascular and Functional Neurosurgery performed a two-stage, fifteen-hour complex open surgery.
According to Yerbol Makhambetov, Head of the Department of Vascular and Functional Neurosurgery, there were certain difficulties during the operation, as the patient had previously undergone surgery in another clinic on brain vessels, and it certainly complicated the upcoming operation.
- The large volume of the aneurysm and the tangles of the spirals were compressing the optic nerve, resulting in loss of vision. In this operation it was necessary to preserve blood flow in the environment where the aneurysm was located, while reducing its volume. The operation was divided into two stages. The first stage was anastomosis, and the second stage was removal of the spiral mass. The main goal was to finally switch off the aneurysm and free the optic nerve.
The operation was complicated, but fortunately it was successful. The next day, the patient saw a significant improvement in her vision, and after a period of rehabilitation, her vision returned.