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Brain surgery without incision: If surgery comes in the treatment of any disease related to brain, then the risk of the patient’s life increases further. Actually brain surgery is considered to be very risky, so people try to avoid it. But now scientists have developed such a safe technique, that without incision, that is, without surgery, the bad circuit can be removed from the brain. With this, doctors will be able to treat neurological diseases without making an incision in the brain. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Virginia’s School of Medicine, has been published in the ‘Journal of Neuro Surgery’. Researchers hope that if this new technology developed by them can be successfully adopted in the operation room, then it will be a revolutionary achievement in the treatment of complex diseases associated with neuro. This will make it easier to treat many other diseases including epilepsy and movement disorders.
This new technique uses low-intensity ultrasound waves with microbubbles. It penetrates the natural defenses of the brain for a short time, so that the neurotoxin can be delivered to the target site. This neurotoxin kills damaged or sick brain cells. In this process, neither the healthy cells nor the brain structure is harmed.
According to researcher Kevin S. Lee of the University of Virginia’s Department of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, ‘This new surgery strategy has the potential to replace existing neurosurgical procedures used to treat neurological diseases, especially in cases where medication is not effective. It happens.
In this new method, sick cells of the brain can be eliminated without dissecting the skull. In this there is no harm to the surrounding healthy cells.
This new technology has been named PING, and its capability and efficiency have been demonstrated in lab studies. It can be used in those cases of epilepsy, in which the patient is not affected by the drugs. According to researchers, about a third of epilepsy patients do not respond to anti-seizure drugs, and in some of them, seizures can be reduced or eliminated through surgery.
The technology was developed with the help of magnetic resonance imaging, which allows sound waves to be precisely positioned within the skull and, where necessary, to penetrate the natural defenses of the blood-brain barrier. Can happen. This barrier is made in such a way that it keeps harmful cells and molecules out of the brain.
