By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
19th September:- Dr. Navneet Singla, Assistant
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER got the Young Asian Neurosurgeon
Award and travel Fellowship for his presentations at 22nd annual
meeting of the Japanese Congress for Brain Tumor Surgery, which was held in
Kagoshima, Japan from 7th-9th, September, 2017. Around
600 neurosurgeons attended this conference from all around the world. This
conference was about surgeries of different types of brain tumors, various
approaches and surgical outcomes.
He presented two papers, one on
Vestibular Schwannoma surgery and another on Intraoperative Frozen section of
various brain tumours. Vestibular Schwannoma surgery paper was result of
surgeries done under the Guidance of Professor S. K .Gupta, Head of the
Department of Neurosurgery and presented By Dr. Navneet Singla. It showed very
good preservation of Facial Nerve function even with giant (sized more than 5
cm) vestibular schwannomas. Paper on Frozen sections presented by Dr. Navneet
Singla was done under Guidance of Dr. Sandeep Mohindra. This paper shows that
an experienced surgeon can correctly tell the histology of brain tumours solely
upon intra-operative impression.
He was one of the only two Indians
who got this award and fellowship.
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