In a first, SRNH docs perform brain aneurysm surgery
PRAYAGRAJ: In a first, a team of doctors of the neurosurgery department of Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital (SRNH), Prayagraj, has successfully performed a surgery of brain aneurysm. SRNH is an associate hospital of MLN Medical College. Also known as a subarachnoid haemorrhage, brain aneurysm is a weak spot in the wall of a blood vessel inside the brain.
Neurosurgery department head Dr NN Gopal said it’s a pioneer work in the field of neurovascular surgery at SRN Hospital. “Brain aneurysms are balloon like out-pouching of brain arteries, which bleed easily and results in blood collection inside the brain. This is a very dangerous situation as it can cause coma or even death,” Dr Gopal said.
“Since it has the tendency to bleed again and again, it needs either microsurgical clipping or endovascular treatment,” he added. “It is one of the most dangerous and complicated surgeries in neurosurgery,” said Dr Shabi Ahmed, head of the surgery department.
The clipping of aneurysm was performed by a team including Dr Pankaj Gupta, Dr SD Pandey and Dr SA Dubey under the supervision of Dr NN Gopal and Dr Amit Singh. Dr Pankaj Gupta said patient’s condition was stable and he was recovering satisfactorily. In this surgery, doctors explored the base of the brain, found the aneurysm and clipped it.
In collaboration with neurosurgery department, ENT department head Dr Sachin Jain, anaesthetist Dr Vaibhav Singh, Dr Sachin Singh, Dr KC Gupta, Dr Ashish Singh and staff nurse Mamta (who goes by one name) provided technical support to accomplish the job.
In the past, there was no facility to operate such cases in SRN but now this has become possible with all advanced equipment provided under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).
Principal, MLN Medical College, prof SP Singh said in field of Neurovascular surgery, SRNH has become the fourth in state after Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, King George Medical University and RML Institute of Medical Sciences where aneurysm surgeries are getting done.