Divya Modi, Vice Chairperson, Smart Health City said, “We are all excited about the launch of Bi-Plane facility at SCH as it would help us to to perform less invasive procedures that would facilitate the recovery of the patient. This new, efficient technology will transform healthcare taking it to a new dimension. We offer advanced technology to minimise invasiveness and improve patients’ rate of healing. The Bi-plane technology will help us continue to provide outstanding treatment to our patients.”
She further adds, “It will transform healthcare professionals’ workflows, allowing them to care for patients more quickly. Bi-plane cath lab will also help doctors to ensure accuracy and to remain accountable”.
Speaking at the launch event, Krishna Kumar, Vice Chairman and MD, Philips India said, “In the past, it was difficult to combine great image quality and low radiation dose, and it often resulted in trade-offs. The Philips AlluraClarity incorporates powerful imaging technology to bring superb image quality at a fraction of the dose, further proving Philips’ commitment to improving patient’s health, well-being and quality of life.”
The current global trend is that neuro endovascular procedure are replacing an open surgical procedure, particularly in brain haemorrhage, aneurysm management, AVM treatments and rescue of brain vessels blockage in acute stroke. Neuro intervention is a minimally invasive approach to repair brain vascular diseases resulting in a shorter hospital stay, quicker recovery time, reduced pain, and less risk of complications.
Biplane Neuro DSA systemis, an advanced system by Philips is currently available in the world. Neuro interventional biplane system produces three-dimensional views of blood vessels leading to the surface and deep portions of brain and their relationship to the tissues of the head and neck. The Biplane system is an integral part of a comprehensive stroke service, which reportedly harbours a dedicated well-equipped interventional stroke care unit (ISCU) with dedicated specially trained staff. “The biplane technology represents a big leap in visualisation of the brain arterial network for quick and better understanding for a safe intervention.”
Minimally invasive neuroendovascular procedures require a precise deployment of sophisticated endovascular devices in the brain arteries to repair the defects in the vessels. Keeping balance between image quality and X-ray dose is a continuing challenge with the increase number of high risk patients, and more complex procedures. One hand, you need to reduce the amount of contrast concentration and X-ray dose which affects the image quality, and on the other hand for more complex procedures, there is a need to increase radiation dose to get the image quality needed. Complexity increases procedure time, hence higher accumulative dose. AlluraClarity claims to have provided a new paradigm for balance between dose and image quality. Evidence has been shown proving dose reduction levels in the range of 50 to 83 per cent compared to conventional systems.
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Advantages of Biplane Neuro DSA system
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Dr Shakir Hussain, Director, Interventional Neurology & Stroke Program, Chairman, Neurology, speaking on the benefits of this technology said, “We have state-of-the-art equipment at par with best centers in the world at least in major metropolitan cities of India. However on the other side there is poor infrastructures and inadequate equipment in the other India. So there is a mammoth task of doing things for the development of interventional neurology, an effective minimally invasive method of treatment of neurovascular diseases and stroke cases. Saket City hospital has taken that bold initiative.”