BANGALORE: BGS Global Hospitals has come up with Stereotactic Radiosurgery procedure which takes just four minutes to treat brain tumours.Stereotactic Radiosurgery is a specialised technology of reaching the tumour that is the focal point in the brain through three dimensional measurements and calculations. This is done by a special instrument called Stereotactic Frame which gives the coordinates to reach the target tumour and radiation is delivered to the tumour without damaging the neighbouring parts. The procedure involves delivery of a single, high-dose of radiation to a small and critically located brain tissue through the intact skull.Vice-chairman of BGS Global Hospitals Dr N K Venkataramana said, “Stereotactic Radiosurgery offers a great advantage in treating benign tumours as well as brain tumours located in critical areas without an open surgery. This method has become a standard for treatment all over the world for the arteriovenous malformations of the brain wherein surgery is of high risk. In addition, people with multiple medical problems who are otherwise not fit to undergo neurosurgery now have an option of Stereotactic Radiosurgery.”He added, “This technology has brought down the time of treatment to just four minutes by providing enormous amount of patient comfort. Safety, speed and accuracy are what neurosurgeons can achieve today in Stereotactic neurosurgery through this technology.” The patient achieves the same result as in open surgery with this non invasive and painless procedure which requires just two days of hospital stay compared to seven to ten days stay in open surgery.
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