Neuro Surgery

The Gamma Knife
Gamma Knife surgery is worldwide preferred procedure for the treatment of brain tumors, arteriovenous malformations and brain dysfunctions. The procedure offers a non-invasive alternative for different patients for whom the conventional surgery of brain is not an option. The surgery removes the physical trauma and the majority of risks, which are associated with traditional surgery. This is a single session treatment that require an overnight hospital stay, but is generally done in an outpatient surgical setting with periodic follow-up. The treatment has been proven safe over the long-term duration.

Alike as neurosurgery, the Gamma Knife admits noninvasive cerebral surgery to be done in one session with extreme precision. On the basis of preoperative radiological examinations, including - CT scans MR scans and angiography, the procedure offers highly accurate irradiation of deep-seated targets and uses a multitude of collimated beams of ionizing radiation with scalpel-like precision.

The advances in the field of gamma knife has improved neurosurgical Treatments Offered provided to patients with brain tumors and vascular malformations by offering a safe, accurate and reliable treatment option. The procedure enables the patients to undergo a non-invasive form of brain surgery without any risks of surgery, a long stay in hospital or subsequent rehabilitation.

The Gamma Knife can be used to treat following health conditions:

Brain Tumour Surgery
Brain tumor may occur as a result of abnormal growth of cells in the brain tissue, skull, supportive tissue around the brain, cranial nerves, or the pituitary or pineal gland. These are two types of brain tumors - Primary tumors & Secondary tumors. Primary tumors are those, which develop in the brain, while secondary brain tumors originate somewhere else in the body and spread to the brain.

Surgery is the procedure of choice for the treatment of brain tumors. The procedure involves removing as much of the tumor as possible so as to minimize the damage to healthy tissue. It is possible to remove some tumors completely, while some others can be removed only partially or not at all. If a tumor is growing slow, doctors may not operate it immediately, but take a watch-and-wait approach.

The purpose of surgery is:

Biopsy alone can be performed in case, the tumor is inoperable or when surgery can be delayed. Resection (surgical removal of a tumor) is the treatment of choice whenever possible.

All types of brain tumors can be removed microscopically. The different types of brain tumors that are operated are: Meningiomas, Pituitary Tumors, Craniopharyngioma, Glioma, Hemangioblastomaependymoma, Acoustic Tumors, Trigeminal Neuromas, Base of Skull Tumors, Skull Tumors, Orbital Tumors, Intraventricular Tumors and more.

Vascular Surgery
Vascular surgery is the branch of medical science, which occupies itself with surgical interventions of veins and arteries, as well as conservative therapies for the problems of peripheral vascular system.

Using the procedure, the removal of the gall bladder, the spleen, the bowel and other organs, such as the adrenals, an operation for prolapse rectum and hiatus hernia repair have become fairly successful and common.

Vascular Surgery can be used for the treatment of following health conditions:

Spinal Surgery
Spinal surgery is focused on correcting a particular anatomical injury and is never exploratory. For patients suffering from pain but no specific anatomical cause of the pain is found, it is nor advised to have spinal surgery and non-surgical treatment procedures are recommended. Advance diagnostic tools, - such as MRI scan are used to pinpoint the anatomical cause for the pain. If the diagnosis is uncertain or vague, surgery is not advised.

Spine surgery is typically an elective procedure, which is considered as an option to improve your functional ability and decrease your pain. In circumstances, such as - for patients who have a progressive neurological loss of function or sudden onset of bowel or bladder incontinence, spinal surgery becomes necessary on an emergency basis.

The available treatment procedures include:

Paediatric Neurosurgery
Paediatric Neurosurgery is a branch of medical science that use advanced operative techniques, including microsurgery, for the treatment of infants and children, suffering from brain tumor, hydrocephalus, vascular disorders, head and spine injuries, myelomeningocele and other congenital malformations.

The team of experts in paediatric neurosurgery may include - a group of highly trained and skilled group of physicians, scientists, nurses, social workers and psychologists for the study and treatment of children with brain tumors. Additionally, the pediatric neurological surgery experts also deal with pediatric trauma.

The various conditions that can be treated using the paediatric neurosurgery, include-
All type of congenital, neoplastic, traumatic & vascular problems

Endoscopic Brain Surgery
Endoscopic brain surgery is a minimally invasive procedure, in which a thin instrument (endoscope) is used to browse through the fluid filled chambers of brain. While traditional brain surgery requires opening-up of the skull to access the brain, the endoscopic approaches require only one or two dime-sized holes.

The technique can also be used as an alternative to a shunt, in select patients and provide patients with fewer complications, less pain and faster recovery than with traditional methods.

The various services, offered by this discipline are: