Frequently Asked Questions

Once a donor heart becomes available and all other factors are ascertained favourable, our entire transplant team gets ready for the surgery. Our transplant surgeon will remove the diseased heart of the patient, except the back walls of the atria - the heart’s upper chambers. The backs of the atria of the donated heart are opened and sewn into place; and blood vessels are connected, allowing the blood to flow to the heart and lungs. As the heart warms up, it starts beating. You’ll be able to sit up and walk within a few days after the surgery, and if there are no signs of organ rejection, you can go home in probably about two weeks.

Minimally invasive spine surgery is a highly advanced spine surgery technique using very small incisions, using cutting-edge intra-operative technology.

The narrowing of the spaces within the spine is known as spinal stenosis. The minimally invasive spine surgery procedure helps decompress the nerves in the narrow spaces between the vertebral bones and spinal joints.

Children, adolescents with scoliosis Patients with kyphosis (hunchback / forward curving of the spine) Adults and elderly patients with spinal deformities How long does it take to recover from scoliosis surgery? If the recovery is as expected, the patient can be discharged within a week Children can get back to school about a month after the surgery

SUDOSCAN gives you the information about the small fiber nerve functions. In a SUDOSCAN test, electrical conductance of the hands and feet are measured. Test results with high conductance means normal sweat function whereas low conductance indicates peripheral or autonomic neuropathy.

Obesity is a complex disease characterized by abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat in body that may impair health. People who have obesity are prone to develop heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer.

The ideal way to measure obesity is by calculating Body mass index (BMI) of a person. BMI is defined as a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of his height in meters (kg/m2). Increased BMI shows high body fatness.

The primary cause of obesity is the energy imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended. Overweightness is commonly caused by over eating and sedentary lifestyle. For instance, if you consume high amounts of energy, particularly fat and sugars, but do not burn off the energy through exercise and physical activity, much of the surplus energy will be stored by the body as fat. Factors that can lead to obesity are, Increased intake of energy-dense foods that are high in fat and sugars Decrease in physical activity due to the increasingly sedentary nature of work Environmental and societal changes associated with development Lack of supportive policies in health, agriculture, environment, food processing and education Diseases – Hypothyroidism, Chronic stress, Insomnia & Hypersomnia Eating Disorders Smoking cessation Drugs

There are several ailments associated with overweightness, an obese person has more chance to develop other disease conditions such as, Cardiovascular diseases - Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke Hypertension Insulin Resistance & Diabetes Mellitus Dyslipidaemia Obstructive Sleep Apnoea & Hypoventilation Syndrome Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease - NASH – CLD Gallbladder disorders PCOS & Infertility Musculoskeletal disorders - Osteoarthritis Cancers - Endometrium, Breast, Kidney, Liver, Prostate, Esophagus, Colon. Psychological disorders. The risk for these diseases increases with increase in BMI.

The aim of the obesity treatment is to maintain a healthy Body mass index (BMI) to prevent many other diseases associated with obesity. Following a healthy dietary pattern and regular physical activity helps in sustaining overall health.