By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
06th October:- The Day-1 of the first PGIMER interventional
neuroradiology conference (PINCON 2017) started today and was inaugurated today
by Prof Emeritus and Former Head of Neurosurgery department, PGIMER and Former
Director of GMCH, Chandigarh Prof. VK KAK. The Guest of Honor was Prof SN
Mathuria who spoke about development of neurointervention field at PGIMER
Chandigarh. Prof N Khandelwal, Chairperson of the conference and Head,
Department of Radiodiagnosis and imaging, PGIMER welcomed the delegates. Vote
of thanks was delivered by Organizing Secretary Prof Vivek Gupta.
The first day was attended by over
100 experts and delegates in the field of Neurointervention from India and
abroad. Prof Markus from Germany who is a leading figure in this field shared
his experiences with microstents use in treating brain aneurysms. Dr R
Padmanabhan from UK discussed his technique of balloon assisted coiling of the
aneurysms. Prof I Grunwald from UK, updated the audience on how to treat
very small aneurysms. All the leading names in the field on neurointervention
in India were present for the conference.
The cerebral aneurysms are a disease
in which the artery (blood carrying channel to the brain) becomes weak and
dilates leading to aneurysm formation which is like a blood filled balloon in
brain. When this bursts it causes bleeding in the brain with devastating
results. Traditionally these were treated by opening up brain and applying a
clip on them. Now an evolving field of neurointervention is gradually replacing
surgery as the treatment is done through a small hole in the groin without any
brain handling or scars. This leads to faster recovery with lesser side effects
for the patient. The flip side is that this treatment needs skills of high
standards hence is not available everywhere and is costly when compared to the
clipping.
Patients come to know about this
condition either during CT/MRI of brain during routine medical screening or
when the aneurysm bursts giving rise to severe headache and vomiting. It’s said
that this headache is like having “worst headache of your life” which is not
resolved by medical treatment and one should warn patient to seek expert help.
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