Senior Director & HOD
Neuro Surgery & Neuro Spine
+91-11-30403040The Functional Neurosurgery Unit at the BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital is a specialised unit that offer high-end surgical treatment for a variety of movement disorders, neuropsychiatric disorders, and intractable pain. Our aim is to provide each patient under our care with individualised, cutting–edge treatment plan, which is a unique combination of compassion and world-class technical therapy.
Our team of neurosurgeons follows a multidisciplinary approach in order to meet the unmet needs of each patient while providing state-of-the-art surgical treatment facilities and comprehensive care. We help each patient under our care to restore normal functioning of different body parts by eliminating neurological symptoms and pain to a great extent, there by enhancing their quality of life. BLK-MAX is the leading hospital of neurosurgery in Delhi.
Functional neurosurgery is a branch of neurosurgery that involves treatment of neurological conditions and restoration of functions. It is the surgical alleviation of a wide range of chronic neurological symptom disorders associated with movement disorders and neuropathic pain syndromes.
Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder also known as conversion disorder arises due to a complex condition where a patient experiences physical neurological symptoms. However, these symptoms come with no underlying physical cause and are often associated with a psychological or emotional crisis.
Functional neurosurgery is performed in brain and spinal cord
Invasive Surgical Procedure
Brain and spinal cord
The major indicators that highlight the need for functional neurosurgery involve the conditions in which the patient experiences some of these indicators simultaneously:
Some of the major conditions we treat under Functional Neurosurgery treatment include:
A doctor will evaluate the patient for the current medical condition with the help of diagnostic tests results and will customise a treatment plan accordingly. However, the chance of a patient to undergo functional neurosurgery increases if a patient:
However, treatments are beneficial for those with:
Some of the diagnostic tests that your doctor might ask you to take for evaluation of your current medical conditionsinvolve:
In the context of functional neurosurgery, the procedure used is based on the use of electrical stimulation in order to correct the function of neural tissue – the nerve tissue. The treatment includes areas of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves.
During The Procedure:- The surgeons use an implantable pulse generator, which has a thin insulated wire with four micro-electrodes attached to its tip. The team of highly experienced surgeons implant these micro-electrodes in the area of the brain, spinal cord or an occipital nerve and position it with sub-millimeter accuracy using state-of-the-art surgical navigation technology.
Functional neurosurgery is used to treat various conditions of the Central Nervous System such as epilepsy, movement disorders and trigeminal neuralgia. Technique used depends on the condition-
After The Procedure : After recovery, the affected area is stimulated with the help of a surgically implanted stimulator, resembling a heart pacemaker. This is implanted under the skin of the chest. It is used to deliver the small pulses of electricity to the target area. The adjustment of the stimulation parameters of the implant are done across a wide range, which helps in relieving symptoms. This implanted system helps in changing the functioning of the brain (the ultimate neural structure), the spinal cord, cranial nerves, and the peripheral nerves.
Some of the common procedures performed using Functional Neurosurgery are:
Some of the risk factors associated with Functional Neurosurgery include:
Short term adverse effects of stimulation:
These risk factors are very mild and usually reversible with adjustments in stimulation or with the help of some medication.
Some of the risk factors associated with Functional Neurosurgery include:
Short term adverse effects of stimulation:
These risk factors are very mild and usually reversible with adjustments in stimulation or with the help of some medication.
However, if the patient experiences these symptoms for a longer duration then he must see a doctor
Dr. Anil Kumar Kansal
Neuro Surgery & Neuro Spine
Dr. Rohit Bansil
Neuro Surgery & Neuro Spine
Dr. Kaviraj Kaushik
Neuro Surgery & Neuro Spine