Neurosurgery in India

Increasing survival rates for children, and adults experiencing an injury or illness in the nervous system, has resulted in more people with permanently dysfunctional nervous systems. In response, numerous treatments have been developed.

Neurology provides care to patients with diseases of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, or muscles. Specialists offer diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of neurobehavioral and memory disorders, neuromuscular diseases, cerebrovascular disease, movement disorders, seizure disorders, sleep disorders, brain tumors and headache. Research interests of the department's neurologists include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, molecular immunology, neuronal cell biology, biochemistry and neuropathology.

Treatments and Surgery Procedures

Gamma-knife radio surgery - Neurosurgery without a scalpel

The following conditions can be treated with Gamma-knife:

• Parkinson's
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Arterioveous malformation
• Essential tremors
• Benign tumors
• Malignant tumors
• Epilepsy

Brain Tumor Surgery

All type of brain tumors are removed microscopically. Examples of brain tumors operated are

• Meningiomas
• Pituitary tumors
• Craniopharyngioma
• Glioma
• Hemangioblastomaependymoma
• Acoustic tumors
• Trigeminal neuromas
• Base of skull tumors
• Skull tumors
• Orbital tumors
• Intra ventricular tumors

Vascular Surgery

• Clipping of all type of aneurysms of both anterior and posterior circulation
• Small to giant aneurysms
• Surgery of arterio-venous malformations
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Arterial bypass surgery

Spinal Surgery

• Spinal tumors vise. bony, extra dural tumors, intra dural tumors, intarmedullary tumor and spinal fixation
• Microsurgery for cervical and lumbar disc surgery
• Endoscopic lumbar disc surgery

Pediatric Neurosurgery

• All type of congenital, neoplastic, traumatic, vascular problems
• Hydrocephalus
• Craniostenosis
• Spinal dysraphism
• Chiari malformations

All type of pediatric brain tumors like

• Craniopharyngioma
• Gliomas
• Ependymoma
• Medulloblastoma

Endoscopic Brain Surgery

• Endoscopic transnasal surgery for Pituitary tumors
• Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus
• Intra ventricular tumors - colloid cyst, cysticercus

Endoscopic Disc Surgery

• Lumbar disc surgery (Band-Aid surgery)

Stereo tactic and Functional Neurosurgery

• Stereotaxy
• Deep brain stimulation
• Pallidotomy and thalamotomy
• Epilepsy surgery-vagal nerve stimulation

Peripheral Nerve Surgery

• Surgery of brachial plexus and other peripheral nerves
• All type of traumatic, neo plastic, entrapment disorders of nerves
• Carpal tunnel syndrome

Interventional Neuroradiology

• Coiling of aneurysms
• Embolisation of intracranial and spinal AVMs
• AV fistulas
• Embolisation of tumors

Stenting of intra or extra-cranial vessels:

• Carotid angioplasty
• Cerebral
• Spinal angiography

Pain and Spasticity Surgery

• Radio frequency ablation for trigeminal neuralgia
• Facet joint ablation
• Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia and glossopharyngeal neuralgia
• Intra-thecal baclofen pump implantation for spasticity

Interventional Neuroradiology

• Head and Spine injuries
• Strokes
• Aneurysm
• AV malformations
• Congenital Disorders like Hydrocephalus
• Spinal Dysraphisms
• Spinal Tumors
• Disc Disorders
• Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgias
• Parkinson's disease
• Aneurysm coiling
• Carotid Stenting
• Angioplasty
• Neuroendoscopic System