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CHENNAI, MARCH 11. A group of neurosurgeons from the State participated in a global conference, held through teleconferencing, on minimal invasive neurosurgery in Nagoya, Japan. In all, 45 specialists from all over Tamil Nadu assembled at Apollo Hospitals to attend the Sixth International Congress of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery. The Apollo Telemedicine Network Foundation (ATNF) provided the multipoint video link to the three-hour session of the four-day conference, attended by 300 experts from different countries. Sevntyfive neurosurgeons from Hong Kong participated in the programme via broadband connectivity. Papers were presented and discussed, based on the various advances made in this rapidly emerging field.
Live demonstration
A live demonstration of operating procedures on the brain and pituitary gland was a key feature. K. Ganapathy, specialist in stereotactic radiosurgery, Apollo Hospitals, highlighted the experience of treating non-invasively 240 cases of Cerebral Arterio Venous Malformations (a condition where abnormal blood vessels in the brain are at the risk of suffering a rupture, posing major risks to patients, even death). Dr. Ganapathy, also senior vice-president of ATNF, said Chennai was credited with performing pioneering stereotactic radio surgery ten years ago in South Asia. More than 750 procedures had been performed with 15 per cent of the cases from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and West Asia. The cost of treatment, in the range of around Rs. 1 lakh, was only one-fifth of the international rates. Stereotactic radio surgery uses computer technology to zero in on small brain tumours. Radiation beams are directed at the tumours with precision, avoiding damage to adjacent sites. The procedure is also used to treat brain abnormalities. This was the fourth such global conference being held under the auspices of ATNF.
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