Treatment for stroke without surgery is now possible at BGS Global Hospitals, one of the leading tertiary care multi super speciality hospitals in Bangalore, India.

Advanced Neurosciences Institute at BGS Global Hospitals has added another advanced service and innovative procedure to its facilities in the treatment of stroke. The hospital will soon be equipped with a unique device called the “Penumbra System” for treatment of stroke without doing a bypass surgery of the brain. Using this state-of-the art system, acute strokes can be treated by revascularising large extra and intracranial blood vessels.

Dr. N. K. Venkataramana, Chief Neurosurgeon and Vice-Chairman, BGS Global Hospitals said, “The blood requirement of the brain is 55 ml/100g/minute. It has high metabolism and poor tolerance. Hence any disruption in blood supply leads to disastrous consequences leading to disability and even death. If the brain attack is diagnosed within 3 hours, the effects can be reversed by the most modern technique to restore the blood flow to the brain and then minimize the brain damage.”

The procedure

The blood clot site (causing the stroke) is approached by a microcatheter inserted in the blood vessel in the groin region. A special separator is then inserted through this microcatheter to fragment the blood clot. Then with the help of application of continuous vacuum across the microcatheter, the blood clots are sucked out carefully.

Benefits of this unique treatment

Dr. N. K. Venkataramana, added, “This leads to immediate opening of the closed arteries improving miraculously the blood flow to the affected part of the brain preventing damage. The devastating effects of the stroke can be reversed when treated within the golden hour period.”

“The procedure is absolutely safe and very effective in expert hands. The patient will have minimal pain, no incision and scar, no drilling of the skull bone and early recovery. We have a team of well experienced and trained neuro interventionalists, neuro imaging specialists and neurosurgeons to perform this procedure. We will be able to treat patients suffering from stroke using this procedure in a week’s time”

The hospital also launches a 24 hour helpline 080 2424 2424 to gain access to the Stroke Unit.