BGS Global Hospitals, part of the Global Hospitals Group will now provide innovative stereotactic radiosurgery procedure which takes just four minutes to treat brain tumours. The procedure help keep the skull intact and is painless.
Stereotactic radiosurgery is a specialized technology of reaching the tumour in the brain through three dimensional measurements and calculations. This is done by a special instrument called stereotactic frame which will give the coordinates to reach the target tumour and radiation is delivered to the tumour without damaging the neighbouring structures. The procedure involves delivery of a single, high dose of radiation to a small and critically located brain tissue through the intact skull.
According to Dr N K Venkataramana, vice-chairman and chief neurosurgeon, BGS Global Hospitals, there is an major advantage in treating benign tumours as well as brain tumours located in critical areas without an open surgery. Using stereotactic radiosurgery method has become the standard of treatment all over the world for the Arteriovenous Malformations of the brain wherein surgery which is of high risk. In addition, people with multiple medical problems who are otherwise not fit to undergo neurosurgery now have an option of stereotactic radiosurgery. Today’s refined technology has made it acceptable to neurosurgeons worldwide by providing comparable and safe results. In addition, this technology has brought down the time of treatment to just four minutes by providing enormous amount of patient comfort. Safety, speed and accuracy are what neurosurgeons can achieve today in stereotactic neurosurgery through this modern technology.
“We have a dedicated stereotactic neurosurgery team work of neurosurgeons, physicists and radiation oncologists who are expected to bring a change in the field of neuro-oncology and serve the needy ones better in the future,” he added.
Professor John R Adler, pioneer in stereotactic radiosurgery from California, US who was in India for the installation of the stereotactic radiosurgery ‘Varian TrueBeam STx’ said that it was the most powerful radio surgical technology in the world. By being the first in India to have this equipment the BGS Global Radiosurgery Programme is better able to treat a wide range of brain and spine tumours and even non tumour conditions such as vascular malformations. In addition BGS Global Hospitals is well positioned to treat a number of exciting future clinical applications including epilepsy, depression and stroke.
“We recently launched the BGS Global Cancer Institute offering organ-specific cancer treatments for a variety of cancers. At the Institute, the world’s most advanced radio therapy machine and technology, the ‘Truebeam STx’ was commissioned for the first time in Asia-Pacific. The machine, further upgraded with advanced software and image fusion makes stereotactic radiosurgery possible with utmost patient safety and exceptional accuracy, stated Chandra Sekhar, executive director, Global Hospitals Group.
The BGS Global Neurosciences Institute has successfully completed over 4000 neurosurgical procedures. Complete range of services is offered like neurology, neurosurgery, spine surgery, neuro trauma, neurocritical care, neuro anaesthesia, neuro radiology, neuro pathology.