Srinagar: Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura has started endoscopic (shunt less) surgery for Hydrocephalus, a neurological disorder in which there is excessive accumulation of water in brain (Cerebrospinal fluid- CSF).
According to PRO SKIMS Kulsoom Bhat two successful surgeries have been conducted so far by Neurosurgery Department. New procedure has been started with set up of advanced equipments at department, she said.
HOD Neurosurgery Dr Altaf U Ramzan informed two successful surgeries using shunt less procedure were done few days back and the patients were discharged next day. The procedure involves less chances of infection as there is no foreign body intervention as against conventional procedure. The procedure is more economical and has better patient satisfaction, he said.
Dr Ramzan elaborated that conventional surgical procedure called Ventricular-Peritoneal Shunt is embedded with high failure rate of about 50 percent and in this shunts used in patients need to be revised. In the conventional procedure drain is put up to divert excessive water in brain from the ventricular system to the peritoneal cavity in the abdomen, while as in endoscopic surgery, an opening is made in the blocked ventricular system and the CSF pathway is established which is more efficient procedure, he said.
Director SKIMS Dr Showkat A Zargar congratulated the operating team for successful surgeries. He said SKIMS has set up state of art infrastructure and advanced equipments to conduct such surgeries. The poor patients can avail this facility now at SKIMS who otherwise had to go outside state for the same procedure causing inconvenience to poor patients.
The operating team consisted of HOD Neurosurgery Dr. Altaf U Ramzan, Assistant professor Dr. Abrar Wani, Senior Residents Dr. Basharat Kant and Dr. Neeraj and anaesthesiologist Dr Khairat Mohammad and other technical staff included Fida Hussain, Ruhi and Sumaya.
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