PHOENIX — A 17-year-old girl from Mesa became the first Arizona patient to receive a new brain surgery implant earlier this year, according to Banner Health.
Esli Neri Jacome woke up feeling weak after a stroke in early February. After she went to Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, she suffered from a ruptured arteriovenous malformation.
This life-threatening health issue emerges due to a rare tangle of blood vessels in the brain…