Banner—University Medical Center Phoenix is the first in the state to offer an innovative implant for brain surgery patients that replaces a missing bone in a patient’s skull and acts as a window into the brain.
Longeviti’s ClearFit implant allows doctors to see the brain with an ultrasound, potentially reducing the need for regular scans post-surgery.
As a Mesa teenager has discovered, according to a release.
In February, Esli Neri Jacome woke up feeling weak on the day of her stroke. But the then-17-year-old didn’t think much of it.
“I thought I needed to eat something,” Esli recalls. “I went to make myself a sandwich, I tried to grab the toaster in the cabinet above the stove, but it was too heavy. My mom had to grab it for me.”
Esli didn’t feel any better after breakfast, but she thought a shower might change that.
“When I went to grab some shampoo and put it on my head, my left arm started to give out and I felt really, really weak,” Esli says. “I got scared, so I got out of the shower.”