Thiago Alves Explains his Brain Surgery

MMA Weekly got Thiago Alves to dish the goods about his recent brain surgery:

"You've got a vein, you've got an artery. A vein is low pressure; an artery is the high pressure. Once they touch inside your brain they cause bleeding, and they saw a vein and an artery were pretty close from each other, and they didn't know if it was something that I was born with, or if it was something that happened over the years," said Alves.

"So what they do with the angiogram is they make a small incision on my groin, and they put a catheter inside. They shoot dye all the way into my brain and with the dye they can see clearly what it is, if it's something that needs to get fixed."

"They put superglue between the vein and the artery. That’s what the doctors told me ‘just tell everybody you’ve got superglue in your brain right now, and you’ll be alright.’ So that’s what I’m going to tell everybody," said Alves. "That was the procedure pretty much."

If WKR is reading this explanation correct then had Alves been hit in the head it would have been possible for his vein to start bleeding, which is scary because internal bleeding in your brain is usually a symptom of impending doom.

So, bullet dodged and Alves should probably undergo regular CT scans in case this was anatomical rather than a symptom of fighting. Actually, the latter is a pretty good reason to get regular CT scans too...

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