In this video, Dr. Puneet Kant Arora, Consultant and HOD - Neurosurgery at Manipal Hospital Gurugram talks about ...

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CranioVertebral Junction | Dr. Puneet Kant Arora | Manipal Hospital Gurugram

Hello friends I'm Dr Punit Kant arura I am head of Department neurosurgery in manipal hospital gurugram cranial vertebral Junction Anam can be of two types congenital as well as uh acquired congenital involve basill imagination atlanto Exile dislocation clipple field malformation a lot of the times the Sy uh symptoms in these cases are mixed and they can be overl so to diagnose a cranial vertebral Junction anomal what we usually do is we get a MRI and we get a CT of cranial vertebral Junction Dynamic x-ray also helps in getting to know about the mobile atlanto exal dislocation patients usually presents with varied clinical symptoms that might start from having pain in the neck as as well as restriction in the uh neck movements and they can also present with weakness numbness or even myopathy in severe cases there might be brain stem compression which might lead to symptoms such as difficulty in swallowing difficulty in breathing and that can be life-threatening as well treatment approaches to cranial vertebral Junction are usually surgical in minor cases they can be managed with either brace or physiotherapy but in modate to severe cases generally a surgery is required in terms of surgery the usual done procedures are decompression with fixation and fusion with time there have been a lot of advances which have come up in cranial vertebral Junction uh surgeries which include neuron navigation neurom monitoring which have made the surgery much more safer and in terms of prognosis the outcomes are much better with these Advanced Technologies to conclude crano vertebral Junction anomalies uh we need to have a f very fine nuanced knowledge of the anatomy as well as early diagnosis is imperative if the diagnosis and the management proper management is done in time the results are very good and the quality of life and prognosis is very good [Music]

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