Neurosciences (Neurology & Neurosurgery) - Specialized Services in Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals Delhi, India

Stroke Programme:

Patients with ischemic stroke can urgently be taken up for a wide range of interventions including intravenous thrombolysis, intra-arterial and mechanical thrombolysis. A round the clock facility for imaging with CT scan head and MRI is also available with a functional DSA laboratory dedicated for such intervention.

Comprehensive Epilepsy Programme:

Patients with difficult to control seizures can be evaluated with a delicate Video EEG set up. There is a group of patients of epilepsy who do not respond to any combination of various anticonvulsant drugs. These patients are evaluated and treated by epilepsy surgery including excision of focus, removal of solitary lesions, hemispherectomy, and corpus callosotomy and subpial transactions by specially trained neurosurgeons specialized in epilepsy surgery.

Movement disorder Programme:

The neurology department is geared to treat a wide variety of movement disorders such as tremor, dystonia, Parkinsonism, tics, chorea and myoclonus Botulinum toxin injections are routinely being given for dystonias such as cervical dystonia (torticollis), blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm and writer’s cramp. In conjunction with specially trained neurosurgeons, we run a successful deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery program and routinely perform other functional stereotactic brain surgeries for treatment of advanced Parkinson’s disease, generalized dystonias and severe tremor.

Neurosciences (Neurology & Neurosurgery) - Neurosurgery in Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals Delhi, India

Institute of Neurosciences – Department of Neurosurgery Our vision at the Apollo Centre for Neurosciences is to bring healthcare of international standards within the reach of every individual and to achieve excellence in everything we do. We're passionate about making our patients better.

Neurosurgery is a highly complex surgical branch which deals with the brain, spine and nerves. It requires a high level of surgical expertise. (as every neuron is important) State of the art equipment and years of experience backed by a good Intensive care unit and other specialty backup is essential to give an excellent outcome.

Common problems that a neurosurgeon deals with are head injury, spinal injury, brain tumors, spinal tumors, brain hemorrhage, hydrocephalous, nerve injuries or tumors, disc prolapse or herniation, spinal dislocation, unstable spine, congenital malformation like atlanto-axial dislocation, spinal dysraphism etc.

The other diseases in which advanced neurosurgery may be required are seizure or epilepsy control and movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease. We offer services for children, adults as well as the geriatric patients. Advances in neuroanaesthesia, neurosurgical intensive care and neuro-imaging technology have played a significant role in the development of modern neurosurgery.

These have not only decreased the mortality but also improved the functional outcome. The focus has now shifted to minimally invasive techniques to further decrease the mortality and morbidity associated with surgery.

It is no longer enough to save life - preservation of all functions, good cosmesis, shorter hospital stay and avoiding pain and discomfort are equally important. To fulfill these aims of excellence in neurological health care, the Apollo Institute of Neurosciences has been set up as a part of Dr. Prathap Reddy's vision of World Class Health Care facilities in India.

To achieve these goals our hospital constantly upgrades its technology and makes sure the team of doctors are updated with the latest available treatment procedures in the world and are skilled to carry out these procedures.

A super specialty tertiary care centre, Apollo Institute of Neurosciences is designed to provide the highest levels of professional expertise and leadership in all major disciplines of neurosciences through an integrated team of neurologists ,neurosurgeons, neuroanesthetists and intensivists along with rehabilitation specialists dedicated to provide total patient care.

Services:

Apollo Institute of Neurosciences is equipped with facilities at par with the best in the world. The most modern technology and equipment is provided to cover the entire range of neurological diseases. More than 1000 major neurosurgical – cranial and spinal operations are being carried out every year.

Major procedures done at our hospital include:

·         All brain tumors surgery and micro neurosurgery

·         Skull base surgery

·         Vascular procedure for AVM, aneurysm clipping and coiling backed by the state of art DSA suite

·         Hydrocephalous

·         Endoscopic surgeries for pituitary and intraventricular tumors and hydrocephalous - endoscopic third ventriculostomy

·         Head injury, Spinal injury including Polytrauma patients

·         Frame based and frameless stereotactic surgery

·         Radio surgery with Novalis

·         Functional Neurosurgery for movement disorders like deep brain stimulation

·         Epilepsy surgery with intra-operative EEG and video EEG

·         Awake Craniotomy

·         Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

·         Pediatric Neurosurgery

·         Spine surgery for spinal tumors ,Degenerative and Congenital spinal disorders

·         Spinal instrumentation for Spinal listhesis /unstable spine

·         Lumbar and Cervical discectomies, artificial disc replacement and Endoscopic discectomies

·         Spinal cord stimulation for pain relief

·         Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation

·         Peripheral nerve injuries

·         Traumatic nerve injuries

·         Neuralgias

·         Nerve tumors

·         Nerve entrapments

·         Procedures for pain relief like Nerve root blocks, Facet blocks

·         Radiofrequency Rhizotomy

·         Intrathecal Morphine pump for chronic pain

·         Intrathecal Baclofen pump for spasticity

·         Neurointervention procedures:

·         Aneurysm coiling – including complex aneurysms

·         Embolisation of arteriovenous malformations

·         Embolisation of spinal arteriovenous fistulas

Pre-surgery embolisation of vascular tumors

Neurosciences (Neurology & Neurosurgery) - Neurology in Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals Delhi, India

Apollo Centre for Neurosciences - Department of Neurology:

The department of Neurology at Indraprastha Apollo hospital is one of the finest in the country with several highly qualified and experienced senior consultants. Our vision at the Institute of Neurosciences is to bring neuro healthcare of international standards within the reach of every individual. We're passionate about making our patients better. State of the art equipment and years of experience backed by modern Intensive care units and efficient coordination between neuro surgical, medical, neuro radiological and others makes this possible. The department is equipped to manage all neurological disorders for example: stroke, epilepsy, headache, coma, neuropathies, myopathies, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, myasthenia gravis etc. Common symptoms of neurological disorders could be...

·         Headache

·         Weakness & paralysis

·         Speech and swallowing disorders

·         Fits

·         Walking or balancing difficulty / Dizziness

·         Vertigo /giddiness

·         Visual disturbances

·         Loss of consciousness

·         Tingling or numbness

·         Loss of bladder control

·         Sleep disorders

Services:

Institute of neurosciences is dedicated to provide excellent clinical services backed up by a state of art radiological, electrophysiological and laboratory services which are at par with the best in the world. Besides the routine we also regularly do specialized procedures such as:

1.     Thrombolysis- intravenous intra-arterial and mechanical for acute stroke

2.     Botulinum toxin injection for neurological disorders

3.     Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease

Epilepsy surgery