Hi-Tech Healing Opportunities: Neurosugery &
Trauma Surgery
Other
routine procedures performed with excellent results are replacement
arthroplasties, diagnostic and operative arthoscopy, spinal surgeries
including Harrington Rod Instrumentation for scoliosis, corrective and
reconstructive procedure for poliomyelitis and cerebral palsy,
micro-cas-cular surgical procedures and automated percutanneous lumbar
discectomy.
In addition, the advanced Luque technique in
employed for the correction of complex scoliosis, and decompression and
stabilization of fractures of dorsal and lumbar spine with paraplegia, by
neurosurgeons with excellent training and background.
Many
super-speciality hospitals in India like AIIMS, Ram Manohar Lohia
Hospital, Vidya Sagar Institute of Mental Health and Neuro, Nizam
Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences and Apollo Hospitals have
advanced faculties devoted to the treatment of the entire range of brain
and spinal disorders with highly experienced neurosurgeions, neurologists,
neuro-anaesthetists and neuro-radiologists. Treatment of intra - and
juxta-cranial, spinal tumours and vascular malformations, aneurysms and
thrombolysis for brain attacks are done at these centres.
Hospitals
like Apollo employ state-of-the-art LINAC-based stereotactic radiosurgery
system outside the USA. The Clinac 600SR Linear Accelerator with SKNIFE
system is a highly sophisticated computer-driven technology used for
removal of appropriately selected brain tumours, arteriovenous
malformations and other abnormalities.