Elderly spinal cord injuries increase five-fold in 30 years, Jefferson neurosurgeons find
The number of spinal cord injuries among senior citizens (age 70 and above) has increased five times in the past 30 years, as compared with younger spinal cord injury patients, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson's Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley recently reported. As the population within the United States ages, it is estimated that...Acute Shortage Of Neurosurgeons In India: One Surgeon For Every 1 Million!
India has a severe shortfall of neurosurgeons with only one surgeon for every one million population. There is hence a greater need to build up trained manpower in the country. This is comparatively lower when compared to the situation in US and Japan where the ratio is 100,000 // and 6000 for every one million population respectively. Dr.A.K. Mahapatra, professor in the Department of...Intractable Seizures Can Be Handled By A Three-Stage Brain Operation, Neurosurgeon
A neurosurgeon has reported his promising results about a three-stage brain surgery, performed on 25 children with tuberous sclerosis//, a genetic disorder characterised by intractable seizures. Sadly, none of the treatments for epilepsy—anti-seizure medications, a procedure called vagus nerve stimulation, a special diet —could quell the electrical storms in the young boy’s brain. Cau...Three Eminent Neurosurgeons To Examine Shahabuddin
The Patna High Court has order three neuro-surgeons to examine RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin in Siwan jail and report to the court in three weeks. //The MP has repeatedly requested the court to allow doctors to examine his spinal problem and give appropriate treatment. Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad has annointed Dr AK Jain of AIIMS, Dr Maniyar of Beach Candy in Mumbai and Dr Vikram...