An Approach For Removal Of Brain, Brain Stem With Spinal Cord…
Introduction :
The procedure adopted, so long, for removal of brain entails circumferencial cut across the skull, (beginning with removal of scalp enmasse and then a saw cut around the bare skull bones). The procedure not infrequently results in some of the nerve roots being severed with inevitable damage to the brain stem and more importantly a clear exposure of the posterior fossa is not possible an obvious limitation of the conventional procedure. In view of the above, a new approach albeit an alternative approach for removal of brain with or without spinal cord has been contemplated and this is being practised in this department with good results. Materials & Methods: Cadavers numbering twenty (20), only those with sound physical signs of good embalming were selected for this study. The cadavers were dissected in a span of two (2) years. The work started in North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal and carried forward in R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Beng...