Department of Neurological Sciences
Neurosurgery
- Shankar A, MCh (Vellore)
- Ramnarayan, MCh (NIMHANS)
Facilities
The Neurosurgery Unit handles all accidental injuries involving the head and spine. Elective surgeries for lesions of the brain and spinal cord are also carried out routinely. The unit has a full fledged operating theatre with an operating microscope and pneumatic drill. The ICU is manned by well-trained staff, and has facilities for intracranial pressure monitoring and prolonged ventilatory care.
The unit runs a backache clinic every Monday, in association with the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology.
Operations carried out by the unit includes, but is not limited to, the following.
| Cranial surgeries | Spinal Surgeries |
| Brain tumors (meningioma, glioma, CP angle tumor, pituitary adenoma etc) | Minimally invasive or microsurgery for lumbar, cervical or thoracic disc prolapse# |
| Shunt surgery (hydrocephalus) | Spinal stabilization procedures |
| Epilepsy surgery | Vascular lesions such as dural AV fistula |
| Surgery for vascular malformations and aneurysms | Spinal cord tumors (Schwannoma, neurofibroma, meningioma, glioma etc.) |
| Tumors of the skull bones | |
| Corrective surgery for craniofacial anomalies* (Crouzon's/Apert's syndrome, craniosynostosis) | |
| Trauma surgery |
#Including disc replacement surgery
