| | | | | different approach towards medical tourism as |
| Shunt Surgery In India | | | | opposed to our counterparts abroad. Our medical |
| | | | | tourism process starts with suggesting, brokering |
| Shunt | | | | and referring the patient to the selected hospital |
| The most common treatment for hydrocephalus | | | | and doctor but does not end there. We have |
| is the surgical insertion of a drainage system, | | | | direct first name relationship with all the major |
| called a Shunt. This system diverts the flow of | | | | doctors and surgeons in our partner hospitals in |
| CSF from the CNS to another area of the body | | | | India. We actually service the patients while they |
| where it can be absorbed as part of the normal | | | | are in India for the surgery / treatment. Our |
| circulatory process. In most cases, the fluid is | | | | team of Clinical Coordinators and Patient Care |
| diverted to the peritoneal cavity in the abdomen | | | | Managers meet the patient daily, coordinate |
| or one of the chambers of the heart. | | | | clinically and non clinically with the hospital doctors |
| A shunt is usually composed of three parts: a | | | | and staff to ensure smooth and trouble less care |
| silicone catheter that enters the enlarged ventricle; | | | | to the patients and their attendants..... |
| a one-way valve that only allows flow away from | | | | |
| the ventricle; and tubing which enters the cavity | | | | |
| that is to receive the fluid. Each valve is designed | | | | |
| to operate at a set pressure, so that a | | | | Please log on to : |
| high-pressure valve will allow less fluid to flow | | | | Send your query : Get a Quote |
| through it than a low-pressure valve. | | | | |
| A variety of valve designs are available and | | | | We Care Core Values |
| efforts are constantly underway to improve | | | | We have a very simple business model that |
| them. The entire shunt system is placed | | | | keeps you as the centre. |
| underneath the skin. | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| People who have hydrocephalus usually need a | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination |
| shunt system for the rest of their lives, so | | | | teams stationed at each partner hospital, we |
| additional surgeries may be needed to insert | | | | provide you the smoothest and seamless care |
| longer tubing to match a child's growth. Revisions | | | | ever imagined. With a ratio of one Patient Care |
| to the shunt also may be needed if the tubing | | | | Manager to five patients our patient care |
| becomes blocked or infected....... | | | | standards are unmatched across the sub |
| | | | | continent. |
| We at We Care Health Services, India have a | | | | |