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Brain Tumor Treatment in India

• Brain Suite - Intra-operative MR Navigation Microsurgery
• Trans-Nasal Endoscopic Removal of brain Tumor through the nose
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery - Gamma Knife & Novalis TX
• Tumor Embolization using Neuro Interventional Radiology

1. Brain Suite - Intra-operative MR Navigation Microsurgery

It is the most advanced Neuro-Surgical Operating Room with high field MR. This system permits the neurosurgeon to have an MRI study on the patient during surgery, and if tumour has remained which was hidden to the human eye, can be detected by special MRI sequences, and can be targeted using neuro navigation (which works on the same principle as the GPS system).

The Brain Suite has two main parts. There is a high-intensity MRI scanner integrated with an image-guided surgical system. The MRI scanner has a wide-bore opening allowing a patient to lie on his or her side. Previously, tumours that could only be accessed from the side of the skull were not easy to scan. This special MRI system lets doctors repeat scans during the operation to get more accurate information on the location, shape and size of the tumour. This minimizes problems associated with brain tumors shifting during excision.

2. Trans-Nasal Endoscopic Removal of Brain Tumor through the nose

The endoscopic trans-nasal approach is performed through the nostrils. A natural passage way exists at the backend of the nose leading into the sphenoid sinus( an air filled cavity in the depths of the skull) , which can be enlarged so that the endoscope so that the endoscope and instruments can pass into this air filled cavity.

From this region the sella turcica is easily accessed, which is the location of pituitary gland. Neurosurgeons use this route normally to remove the tumor from pituitray ( the master gland).

3. Stereotactic Radiosurgery:

Stereotactic radiosurgery has offered a new ray of hope to the patients who cannot undergo traditional surgery either because of their frail health or because the tumor is located in an area which s too risky to access.

• Gamma Knife- Gamma knife is the most used radiosurgery to treat brain tumors. Gamma knife uses multiple beam of radiation to create a highly focused target for delivering the radiation treatment that aims to kill the tumour cells of small areas. Every single beam is not that powerful, but the point where they converge at the site of the brain tumour, these emit large and powerful dose of radiation that kills the target cells. Gamma knife is the most advanced technology and is very precise in targeting tumor cells. The technology is now worldwide used as the choice of treatment for certain brain tumors, AVMs, and Trigeminal neuralgia.

4. Tumor Embolization using Neuro Interventional Radiology

Neurointerventional radiology focuses on diagnosis and treatment of abnormalities of the nervous system, spine, head and neck. This rapidly advancing specialty provides imaging of and minimally invasive treatment for conditions, such as aneurysm or stroke, which previously may have required major surgery. Tumor embolization is used to close off the vessels supplying blood to a tumor, especially when the tumor is difficult or impossible to remove.