Dr. Raos hospital is the only facility in Andhra Pradesh and Telanga that can do a thrombectomy with Biplane Cath lab, which is needed ethically for any neurovascular interventions. At Dr. Rao’s Hospital, our rapid evaluation capabilities and internationally trained specialists can help you avoid disability or death and recover quickly from a stroke.

Our Stroke Team

On call 24 hours a day, Dr. Rao’s Hospital Acute Stroke Team includes specialty-trained stroke vascular interventionists and a range of other specialists who will evaluate and treat you within minutes. A rapid evaluation is essential to providing the proper treatment at the right time.

Our stroke team includes:

• Stroke Neuro physician who specializes in treating stroke
• Emergency room providers
• Cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgeon – Dr. Mohana Rao Patibandla, MBBS, MCh, iFAANS, FESBS, FMINS, FPNS, FNOSRS, FEVNS
• Stroke-trained nursing staff for a dedicated 20-bed stroke neuro-intensive care unit

Stopping Stroke With Medication

Clotting causes most strokes. Here at Dr. Rao’s Hospital, we can use a clot-busting drug known as a tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). Dr. Rao’s Hospital was instrumental in this drug’s development, and it’s still the only FDA-approved drug therapy for acute stroke. tPA must be given in 4.5 hours for effective resolution of symptoms. This is the FDA-approved treatment since 1996, following the NINDS trial. We also offer other clot-busting medications, depending on the timing of your treatment.

Surgeries & Procedures for Stroke

For ischemic stroke, procedures include:

• Embolectomy or Mechanical thrombectomy
• Angioplasty (Dilation of the blood vessel with balloons) – Carotid and cerebral stents
• Intra-arterial thrombolysis – IA tPA

Two primary surgical treatments exist for cerebral aneurysms:

• Coiling is a less-invasive technique that uses a catheter to insert tiny platinum coils or stents to prevent the aneurysm from rupturing.
• Clipping involves removing part of the skull and placing a metal clip across the aneurysm to prevent blood flow into the aneurysm sac.

For managing arteriovenous malformation (AVM), we offer expertise in:

• Microsurgical resection, where our neurosurgeons remove part of the skull and use microsurgery to remove an AVM completely
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery can be used for small AVMs located in or near critical brain areas or very deep inside the brain.
• Endovascular therapy embolization, where a glue-like material is injected directly into the arteries via a catheter

Dr. Raos hospital is the only facility in Andhra Pradesh and Telanga that can do a thrombectomy with Biplane Cath lab, which is needed ethically for any neurovascular interventions. At Dr. Rao’s Hospital, our rapid evaluation capabilities and internationally trained specialists can help you avoid disability or death and recover quickly from a stroke. contact us @ 9010056444 or 9010057444 for appointments.