Complex skull base surgery performed on 39-year-old in Hyderabad

A team of surgeons from neurology, ENT and cardiology at Care Hospitals, Malakpet, collaborated to perform a life saving complex skull base surgery known as intraoperative neuro-monitoring (IONM) technology on a patient suffering with chronic giddiness and hearing difficulties due to a tumour near the base of his skull.

The patient, Vallamalla Raju (39)



had the tumor pressing against the cerebellum and brainstem causing severe hearing loss in his left ear. Dr. Mohd Hameed Shareef, senior neurosurgeon, who led the treatment, said that IONM technology was utilized to safeguard nerve functions during the procedure. Continuous monitoring of the facial and trigeminal nerves allowed for precise tumor excision with minimal nerve damage.