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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage is a neurosurgical emergency caused by the rupture of a blood vessel on the surface of the brain. The commonest cause bral aneury sm. A cerebral aneurysm is a bulge due to weakness of the wall of a blood vessel in the brain. The second cause is a ruptured brain arteriovenous malformatin (AVM). An AVM is a knot of abnormal and poorly developed blood vessels. These tend to occur in adults between the age of 40 - 60 years and are rate in children.

Epilepsy, Parkinsonism

Epilepsy is a common disorder that affects about one percent of the population. It occurs due to an abnormal discharge from a group of nerve cells in the brain. It is often controlled with medicines or when there is a tumur or other lesion in the brain responsible for the epilepsy. Surgery is indicated at surgery the focus of localised using special recording and the focus can be excised. Episepsy is a common disorder that affects about one percent of the population. It occurs due to an abnormal discharge from a group of nerve cells in the brain. It is often controlled with medicines or when there is a tumour or other lesion in the brain responsible for the Epilepsy.

Spine Problems : Back Pain, Neck Pain

The most common spine problem in society are back and neck pain.They effent not only the physical well being of the patient but also the mental and socio - economic health of the family and society. Most often tyhe pain is the result of extruded or prolapsed intervertebral doscs. The management of this problems involves careful clinical and radiological assessment of the patient as well as teaching patients exercises and physiotherapy. Surgery of disc problems are done when there is no relief with other methods. Microsurgery and minimally Invasive Surgery goes a long way in relieving patients of their problems and getting them back early to their normal life. Spinal Microsurgery is also the effective way of dealing with tumuors of the spine and spinal cord.

Management of Head Injury

Head injury is one of the common causes of death and disability in our society especially amongst young people. Preventive measure such as suich as Helmets, seat belts, disciplined driving and avoidance of drunken driving help reduce the effects of head injury. Management of Head injury patients requires a specially ICU with specially trained nurses, Intensive Care specialists and Neurosurgeons.All types of head injuries can be caused by trauma. In adults such injuries commonly result from motor vehicle accidents, assaults, and falls. In children falls are the most common cause followed by recreational activities such as biking, climbing trees. A small but significant number of head injuries in children are from violence and abuse.

Brain Tumuor

A brain tumor is an abnormal mass of tissue in which some cells grow and multiply uncontrollably, apparently unregulated by the mechanisms that control normal cells. The growth of a tumor takes up space within the skull and interferes with normal brain activity. A tumor can cause damage by increasing pressure in the brain, by shifting the brain or pushing against the skull, and by invading and damaging nerves and healthy brain tissue. The location of a brain tumor influences the type of symptoms that occur. This is because different functions are controlled by different parts of the brain. Brain tumors rarely metastasize (spread) to other parts of the body outside of the central nervous system (CNS).Some tumor types are more common in children than in adults. When childhood brain tumors occur in adults, they often occur in a different part of the brain than in children. Although most primary tumors attack member of both sexes with equal frequency, some, such as meningiomas, occur more frequently in women, whereas others, such as medulloblastomas, more commonly affect boys and young men.

The most common symptoms include headaches, which can be most severe in the morning; nausea or vomiting, which can be most severe in the morning; seizures or convulsions; difficulty thinking, speaking, or finding words; personality changes; weakness or paralysis in one part or one side of the body; loss of balance; vision changes; confusion and disorientation; and memory loss.