Grow Your Knowledge About Brain Tumor and Surgery

Unusual growth of brain cells leads to Brain Tumor. Now the treatment of tumour is different in different cases as it depends on factors like size, severity, type and location of the tumour. With the technological advancement, medical science has developed skills to combat many such adversities with greater chances of survival of people suffering from brain cancer. But this is possible when patients visit the doctors at the right time which can happen only when you have basic understanding of the disease.

Types of Tumour:

1) Primary Tumor

 2) Benign Tumor

 3) Malignant Tumor

Surgery

It is the most preferred treatment in certain cases. The neurosurgeon in India removes the brain tumour, making an opening in the skull. This operation is called a craniotomy. Not always the entire tumour can be removed in such cases the surgeon without damaging vital brain tissue, removes as much of the tumour as possible.

Based on severity tumours can be divided into:

1) Grade I brain tumours - May be cured if they are completely removed by surgery. 

 2) Grade II — The tumour cells grow and spread more slowly than grade III and IV tumour cells. They may spread into nearby tissue and may recur (come back). Some tumours may become a higher-grade tumour.

 3) Grade III

 4) Grade IV

Symptoms

Not very obvious, but one should refer to a specialist in case of:

1) Headache

 2) Personality changes

 3) Eye weakness

 4) Nausea or vomiting

 5) Difficulty speaking or comprehending 

 6) Short-term memory loss.

Not Age Specific

Brain tumour doesn’t come with age in fact even kids age less than a year are diagnosed with the deadly disease. 

Deadliest of all

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the deadliest type of brain cancer, accounting for 45% of all malignant brain tumours.

Types of surgeries

 1) Biopsy

 2) Craniotomy

 3) Extended bifrontal craniotomy

 4) "Eyebrow" craniotomy (supra-orbital craniotomy)

 5)"Keyhole" craniotomy (retro-sigmoid craniotomy)

 6) Orbitozygomatic craniotomy

 7) Translabyrinthine craniotomy

 8) MRI-guided laser ablation

 9) Endonasal endoscopy (endonasal endoscopic surgery)

 10) Neuroendoscopy

Top surgeons in India

With the advancements in medical sciences India in matching its pace with the world. Patients from all over the globe are relying on top brain tumour surgeon especially in the field of neurosciences. One such big name in the field of neurosurgery is Dr.Mukesh Pandey, MBBS, MS(General Surgery), MCh(Neurosurgery). He is an Associate Director & HOD –Neurosurgery, Asian Hospital, Faridabad. 

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