Dr. Sunil Kutty - Neurosurgeon in Vashi, Navi Mumbai.

DECODING THE RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN BRAIN SURGERY Minimally access brain surgery technique uses specialised endoscopes with high resolution video cameras to perform surgery of the brain. This technique can be used to diagnose and treat neurological conditions such as brain tumours, hydrocephalus (fluid build-up in the brain) and movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Traditional brain surgery requires removing a part of the skull to allow access to the brain, in minimal access brain surgery, it usually involves making tiny incisions, which allow sutureless procedures to be performed. Says Dr Sunil Kutty (Consultant, Neurosurgeon, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai), “Minimal access brain surgery is not more or less risky than traditional surgery when performed with the purpose of making the patient’s life easier and secure. As long as the goal of the procedure is not compromised, it will always offer something extra than open surgery, such as a better quality of life throug

Pain in the neck!  Is not just a common idiom but in reality a very common and painful condition.  The other fact is it is being increasingly seen in otherwise healthy looking young individuals. The common causes are  muscle spasm ,  spondylosis  and  prolapsed intervertebral discs. Why is it commoner now? The probable reason would lie in the lifestyle and work profile of the people. People spend most of their time indoors without any exercise and sunlight exposure. lack of exercise makes the neck muscles weaker and lack of exposure to sunlight makes you deficient in vitamin D which makes the bones weaker, the end result, a weak neck. This weak neck is then abused day in and day out, sitting perched in front of a computer. This is the perfect recipe for neck pain. Constant neglect of the neck or sudden trauma or other conditions affecting the bones and muscles can alter the delicate balance of the structures constituting and contained in the cervical spine. When the space betwe

Today everybody has a hectic schedule and they often neglect their health . A large number of people have job    which requires them to sit in one position for hours together. It is noticed that people    with such kind of a job tend to have serious neck pain. This is caused due to the tension put onto the backbone.    Here we suggest you certain neck exercises that can be done any time of the day & at any place.    Take a 10 mins break and give yourself a quick revive . If you feel    any strange pain visit Brainchild Speciality.

Tips for Healthy Lifestyle With time becoming an important commodity and the need to succeed at any cost the prime motive, health and healthy lifestyle has indeed gone for a toss. The demands of our profession includes late nights, it is not just the watchman who is keeping awake in the night….a student studying for his exams, a computer geek trying to crack a code, the BPO kids trying to prove their mettle, the surgeon operating on an emergency with his team of paramedics, everybody is at it. Add to this the stress of completing assignments on time, travel, improper time and unhealthy food. This lifestyle finally does take a toll on our mental and physical health. No wonder we are seeing young patients visiting hospitals with cardiac problems, hypertension, strokes, diabetes, depression all these are in some way or the other linked to our lifestyles. I have started encountering the effects of this in my clinical practice also, every third patient of brain stroke I have seen i

22 year old working at an I.T Firm experienced severe headache and fell unconscious on a normal working day at her workplace. She was then admitted to a nearby hospital in the same unconscious state. After a primary diagnosis she was shifted to Well Known hospital for further management. A CT Scan was done upon admission which showed bleeding in the Left Parietal Region. an emergency cerebral angiography was done to detect the cause of the sudden bleed in an apparently normal young girl. The reports showed that she had an intracranial AVM (arteriovenous malformation) which had ruptured and bled. An arteriovenous malformation is an abnormal communication between the arteries and the veins which are prone to rupturing and bleeding. Any bleeding inside the brain is complex but the AVM made it much more complex. The surgical procedure in such cases becomes extremely challenging. the other major challenge that doctors had to face in this case was that the bleeding was  in the Lef

Pain in the neck ! Is not just a common idiom but in reality a very common and painful condition. The other fact is it is being increasingly seen in otherwise healthy looking young individuals. The common causes are M uscle Spasm, Spondylosis and prolapsed Inter-vertebral discs.  Why is it commoner now? The probable reason would lie in the lifestyle and work profile of the people. People spend most of their time indoors without any exercise and sunlight exposure. lack of exercise makes the neck muscles weaker and lack of exposure to sunlight makes you deficient in vitamin D which makes the bones weaker, the end result, a weak neck. This weak neck is then abused day in and day out, sitting perched in front of a computer. This is the perfect recipe for neck pain. Constant neglect of the neck or sudden trauma or other conditions affecting the bones and muscles can alter the delicate balance of the structures constituting and contained in the cervical spine. When the space betwee