College holds workshop on endoscopic base-of-skull surgery

The Departments of Anatomy and ENT astatine Tiruchi SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre conducted a three-day endoscopic base-of-skull country people from May 29 to 31 for the payment of specialised practitioners.

According to a property release, the hands-on cadaveric surgical workshop, led by T.N. Janakiraman (director, Royal Pearl Hospital), focused connected precocious endoscopic skull-base interventions. Mohan Kameshwaran, managing manager and elder consultant, Madras ENT Research Foundation; Shivakumar, chairman, SRM Institutions (Tiruchi and Ramapuram campuses) and elder officials were present.

The skull basal is simply a highly analyzable anatomical portion supporting the encephalon and protecting captious neurovascular structures. Pathologies successful this portion — specified arsenic tumours and cerebrospinal fluid leaks — historically required highly invasive unfastened craniotomies. Advanced endoscopic skull-base country bypasses these risks by utilising earthy nasal corridors, offering patients a minimally invasive alternate that importantly reduces trauma and betterment times, said the release.

A full of 11 specialists from Syria, Uzbekistan, and Eswatini, too Indian delegates from aesculapian centres spanning Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Odisha, Chandigarh, and Tamil Nadu, were among the participants.