It has been over five decades that the pioneering Indian Neurosurgeons introduced the specialty to the masses. Owing to the morbid nature of the neurosurgical disorders and the sequela of…
SURGERY
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Neurosurgery
Epilepsy surgery in children
by adminwritten by Epilepsy team of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani HospitalIntroduction Epilepsy surgery as a treatment option is considered for patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Medically refractory epilepsy constitutes about 20-30% of all epilepsies. The definition of medically refractory epilepsy…
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Cancer
The role of video-assisted thoracic surgery in management of thoracic tumours
by adminwritten by Dr. Rajesh MistryPS, a young 25 year-old woman, came to us with chest pain that she had been suffering from for four months. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Imaging of the chest revealed…
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Better surgical techniques have pushed the limits of breast conservation even further—oncoplastic surgery combines the principles of cancer surgery and plastic surgery to facilitate organ conservation For almost a century,…
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Arthroscopic surgery has grown by leaps and bounds. This minimally invasive endoscopic intervention for problems of knee and shoulder joints is now also routinely performed for the hip, ankle, elbow…