Neurosurgery & 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-cascular surgical procedures and automated percutanneous lumbar discectomy.
In addition, the advanced Luque technique is employed for the correction of complex scoliosis, and decompression and stabilisation 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 Sciences, Bombay Hospital, Jaslok Hospital, Nizam Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences and Apollo Hispitals have advanced faculities devoted to the treatment of the entire renge of brain and spinal disorders with highly experienced neurosurgenons, neurologists, neuro-anaesthetists and neuro-radilogists. 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 6000SR Linear Accelerator with XKNIFE system is a highly sophisticated computer-driven technology used for removal of appropriately selected brain tumours, arteriovenous malformations and other abnormalities.
