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• G1 Paraná

  Report · July 04, 2026

  Brain surgery

  Cantor toca viola durante cirurgia para retirada de tumor no cérebro, no PR

  G1 Paraná report on a surgery performed at the Hospital do Câncer de Londrina with the patient awake. The lesion, a glioma, was located in an area linked to speech and language — so the team chose to keep the patient awake and monitor those functions in real time during the procedure, which lasted about seven hours and involved seven physicians, with the team led by Dr. Victor Batistela. The case illustrates how planning and functional monitoring guide decisions in brain tumor surgery.

  Read on G1 (in Portuguese)

• Folha de Londrina

  Report · February 21, 2026

  Spinal cord injury

  Londrinense é a 16ª brasileira a receber terapia inédita para lesão medular

  Folha de Londrina reports the case of a patient with a spinal cord injury after a fall, operated on at the Hospital Evangélico de Londrina, who became the first person from Londrina to receive polylaminin — an experimental substance still under clinical study in Brazil. Dr. Victor Batistela performed the application in the operating room and follows the patient's progress with physiotherapy. In the article he notes that any gain in movement and strength is meaningful and that the treatment remains under evaluation.

  Read on Folha de Londrina (in Portuguese)

• PapoGold

  Interview · August 12, 2025

  Interviews

  Dentro da mente de um neurocirurgião de alta performance — EP. #34

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  Episode of the PapoGold podcast, on YouTube, with Dr. Victor Batistela on the routine of a neurosurgeon: the long training, the decisions that precede a surgery, teamwork in the operating room, the relationship with patients and families in moments of anxiety, and guidance on preventing injuries during exercise. An accessible conversation for anyone who wants to understand how the specialty works from the inside. In Portuguese.

  Watch on YouTube (in Portuguese)

• Bonde

  Report · February 21, 2026

  Republications

  Republication of the Folha de Londrina report

  Londrinense que recebeu tratamento com polilaminina já apresenta ganhos de sensibilidade

  Bonde republished the Folha de Londrina story about the patient with a spinal cord injury who received polylaminin — an experimental substance still under clinical study in Brazil — at the Hospital Evangélico de Londrina, with the application performed by Dr. Victor Batistela. The text follows the first reports of regained sensation during physiotherapy and stresses that the treatment remains under evaluation. It is listed here as a record of coverage: the content is the same as the original report.

  Read on Bonde (in Portuguese)

• Só Notícia Boa

  Report · July 14, 2026

  Republications

  Republication of the G1 Paraná report

  Deu certo! Cantor toca viola durante cirurgia cerebral para retirar tumor e recebe alta

  Follow-up to the G1 Paraná report on the awake brain surgery performed at the Hospital do Câncer de Londrina, with the team led by Dr. Victor Batistela: the Só Notícia Boa portal recorded the patient's discharge from hospital days after the procedure. The article revisits the context of the surgery — a lesion in an area linked to speech and language, real-time monitoring of those functions — and is listed here as a record of coverage, subordinate to the original report.

  Read on Só Notícia Boa (in Portuguese)

• Medicina S/A

  Report · May 11, 2026

  Hospital

  O ExcelsiusGPS® no Hospital Evangélico de Londrina

  Coverage of the arrival of the ExcelsiusGPS® at the Hospital Evangélico de Londrina in May 2026: the institution was the first in Brazil to operate the robotic navigation system for spine and cranial surgery. The first surgery, on May 11, was led by Dr. Carlos Zicarelli, head of the hospital's Neurosurgery Residency service. The reports detail the R$ 7 million investment in equipment and training and the training of the medical staff's surgeons in the United States. Institutional coverage: it names the hospital and the head of the service.

  Also in: Folha de Londrina (May 12, 2026) · Folha de Londrina (May 17, 2026)

  Read on Medicina S/A (in Portuguese)