Milestones

Neurological Surgery Milestone

• Apollomedics Super Specialty Hospital is the first hospital in Lucknow to perform brain surgery on a 35-year-old patient suffering from Brain Aneurysm, by stopping heartbeat for 45 seconds, 4 times.
• As a first for Mysore, Endovascular treatment for stroke patients was provided by Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysore
• South India’s first fully functional, Advanced Centre for Movement Disorders was launched by Apollo Hospitals, Chennai.
• A redo of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) – A patient with advanced Parkinson’s disease from Mauritius who had DBS done 7 years back had non functional leads. He successfully underwent a redo DBS surgery with good results – a first for Apollo Hospitals.
• Apollo Hospitals has achieved a remarkable milestone of successfully performing over 180,000 neurosurgeries.
• Apollo Hospitals annually treats more than 25,000 patients and performs approximately 6,000 brain and spinal surgeries.
• World’s first keyhole surgery for insular brain tumor was successfully performed by Apollo Cancer Centre, Chennai.