Yashoda Hospitals neurosurgeons perform brain surgery using IMRI neuronavigation

Hyderabad: The neurosurgeons at Yashoda Hospitals, Malakpet, have successfully removed a large tumour from the brain of a 42-year-old woman Chandramma, a sanitation worker in Kodada Municipal Corporation, Suryapet, by employing novel Intraoperative 3T MRI (IMRI) neuronavigation technique. The sanitation employee was recently referred to Yashoda Hospitals, Malakpet after a CT scan in a local […]

Hyderabad: The neurosurgeons at Yashoda Hospitals, Malakpet, have successfully removed a large tumour from the brain of a 42-year-old woman Chandramma, a sanitation worker in Kodada Municipal Corporation, Suryapet, by employing novel Intraoperative 3T MRI (IMRI) neuronavigation technique.

The sanitation employee was recently referred to Yashoda Hospitals, Malakpet after a CT scan in a local hospital revealed that she had a large brain tumour, a press release said. Further tests by Neurosurgeons Dr. Raveesh Sunkara and Dr. Rama Krishna Chowdhary in the state-of-the-art neuro-cath lab revealed she had a tumour that occupied a large part of her brain.

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Intraoperative 3T MRI (IMRI) and neuronavigation were used to remove the tumour, as there was risk of affecting major nerves in the brain during surgery, on September 9 last year and Chandramma was able to recover quickly without complications.

Director, Yashoda Hospitals, Dr. Pavan Gorukanti said that IMRI plays a key role to overcome small margins of error while removing brain tumours because they give ultra-precise guidance during surgeries. With IMRI technique, a scan can be performed during the course of the surgery so that changes can be made immediately and avoid repeating the surgery again.