[Liberty Health Network Interview] How to recover after a stroke? Dr. Lu Ping-sheng discusses neurological repair and integrated rehabilitation

Liberty Times Net Health once interviewed Dr. Ping-Sheng Lu, who shared how stroke patients face further nerve function recovery and life reconstruction after acute phase mechanical thrombectomy.
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Why Might Sequelae Still Remain After Stroke Vessels Are Cleared?

For eligible patients with ischemic stroke, mechanical thrombectomy can help re-establish blood flow in the brain, but "successfully clearing the blood vessel" does not mean that neurological function will necessarily recover completely.

After acute treatment, some patients may still face limb weakness, difficulty walking, reduced fine motor skills of the hands, or even situations where they need family assistance in daily life.

Therefore, subsequent stroke care must not only control the disease but also continue to pay attention to the patient's neurological function and independence in life.

Dr. Ping-Sheng Lu Talks About Recovery of Neurological Function After Stroke

In the case reported by Liberty Times Net Health, after receiving acute stroke mechanical thrombectomy treatment, the patient still had sequelae such as weakness in the right limb. Subsequently, through rehabilitation, comprehensive evaluation, and combined with auxiliary treatments related to regenerative medicine, they continued to undergo neurological function recovery.

Dr. Ping-Sheng Lu pointed out that treatments related to regenerative medicine serve as an auxiliary role in the overall recovery plan and cannot replace the original stroke treatment, medication control, and rehabilitation.

The location of the stroke, the extent of damage, the onset time, and the current functional status of different patients vary. Therefore, a complete evaluation is still required before treatment, rather than deciding whether a specific treatment is suitable solely based on "having had a stroke."

From Acute Stroke Treatment to Subsequent Functional Reconstruction

Dr. Ping-Sheng Lu has long been involved in clinical work related to acute stroke mechanical thrombectomy, neurological function recovery, and related regenerative medicine.

For stroke patients, successful rescue in the acute phase is only part of the treatment journey; whether they can walk again, use their hands, and resume work and daily life afterwards is the real issue that long-term care needs to face.

Shee Clinic also continues to assist patients in evaluating functional problems that have not improved after the disease has stabilized, from the perspectives of neurological function, chronic symptoms, and quality of life.

Media: Liberty Times Net Health
Original Report Date: June 19, 2025
Interviewed Physician: Dr. Ping-Sheng Lu

This article is a compilation of Dr. Ping-Sheng Lu's past media interviews, serving as medical education and a record of the physician's professional journey. The treatment outcomes of the cases in the text are individual circumstances and do not represent that all patients can obtain the same results. The actual treatment should still be evaluated by a physician based on individual medical conditions.