Chennai, Sep 16: MGM Healthcare today announced that it had successfully performed
a CT guided Minimally Invasive Neuro Surgical Procedure on a 28-year-old woman patient
from Bangladesh for the very first time in the country.
The surgery was successfully performed on September seven by a multi-disciplinary team led
by Prof. Dr. K Sridhar – Director, Neurosciences and Spine.
A young mother Sheuli Goldar was suffering from severe left-sided pain of the nape of
the neck and head for the past nine years. The constant pain caused her intense agony and
hampered her daily activities including taking care of her eight-year-old child.
Talking to reporters, Dr. Sridhar said when the patient was referred to our hospital
for further assessment and treatment, we conducted a high resolution 3T MRI scan with
MR neurography and diagnosed that the pain was emanating from the left Cervical C2
Dorsal root ganglion, high up in the neck.”
“Once we had clarity from the scans about the underlying issue, the only possible
treatment option was to perform a procedure that would destroy the pain fibers of
the ganglion, which is a neural junction in general terms. But this was quite difficult
as the patient had already been subjected to multiple procedures at other hospitals
and also, the anatomy of the region was extremely complex with important blood vessels
and the spinal cord in close proximity”, he said.
“We had to be extremely cautious while planning the procedure in order to avoid a major
risk of paralysis or death due to the precarious location of the ganglion. With the
technological advancements and the expertise available, we decided to perform a minimally
invasive intervention over open surgery. A CT-guided Radiofrequency Ablation procedure
was planned with the help of our highly experienced Interventional Radiology Team”, he
added.
Prof. Dr. Navin Gnanasekaran and Dr. Arunkumar, Senior Interventional Radiologists said
“We have performed a number of radiofrequency procedures on other organs of the body,
but an RF ablation surgery for C2 dorsal root ganglion under CT guidance had never been
attempted before in India.”
“It was a big challenge, and we are glad that we were able to perform it with zero
complications. CT guidance for minimally invasive neurosurgical procedures is definitely
more accurate and precise, with significantly reduced risks”, he said. (UNI)