Department of Neurosurgery


History:

The neurosurgery department of T.N. Medical college & B.Y.L. Nair hospital was established in September 1971 when late Dr. Vijay G. Daftary, who was then heading one of the general surgery units, was made Head of Neurosurgery Department. He continued till his retirement in 1977. Dr. U.S. Vengsarkar took over & he retired in September 1992. Dr. H.V. Savant became Head of department in October 1992.

First Stereotaxy surgery for Parkinson's disease, in whole of west India was done at Nair Hospital by Dr. U.S. Vengsarkar & Dr. H.V. Savant in 1980.


Services Offered:

We offer treatment in all the subspecialties of neurosurgical field. We have two new state of the art Operation Theatres (OT) well equipped for various surgeries. There is a dedicated OT for conducting stereotactic procedures. The following surgeries are conducted on a regular basis:

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    		•  All types of brain tumor surgeries.
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    		•  All types of vascular surgeries like aneurisms, AVMs of brain & spinal cord.
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    		•  Elective spine surgeries like spinal cord tumors, spine deformities, spine instrumentations.
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    		•  Surgeries for brain trauma.
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    		•  Surgeries for spinal trauma.
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    		•  Skull base surgeries.
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    		•  Posterior fossa surgeries.
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    		•  Pediatric neurosurgery.
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    		•  Radio frequency lesioning in cases of Trigeminal neuralgia.
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    		•  Epilepsy Surgery.
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    		•  Functional Neurosurgery.
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    		•  Stereotactic Procedures.


    Staff Members:

    Name Designation Phone Email
    Dr. H.V. Savant Prof. & Head 24935333 -
    Dr. D.K. Tyagi Associate Prof. 9869195860 dktyagi21@yahoo.co.in
    Dr. Srikant B. Assistant Prof. 9223388268 srikantbala@yahoo.com


    Departmental Activities:

    OPDs
    Days : Tuesday and Thursday, 10 am to 12 noon
    Venue

    		 : Room no. 30, 2nd Floor, New Building
    Operation Theatre
    Days : Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 8.30 am onwards
    Venue

    		 : NSOT, 5th Floor, New Building
    Academic Activities (Rounds, Teaching, Presentations, Paper writing etc.)
    Days : Monday
    Venue : Neurosurgery Office, H Building, 4th Floor


    Future Plans and Development:

    We plan to set up a 10 bedded dedicated Neuro ICU with state of the art monitoring equipment. Two new operating microscopes and neuroendoscopes are being procured.



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