MADURAI: Three women who had 4 cms brain tumours which had affected their vision level and eyesight had undergone successful scar-free endoscopic surgery recently and regained their eyesight at Meenakshi Super Speciality Hospital in Madurai.
The expert neuro doctors team had today explained the skull base surgery details of how the operations were done for brain tumours removal in last three months by using Extended Endoscopic Endonasal Approach after locating the tumours beneath the anterior skul base for these women patients without the need for open-skull surgery.
Dr.K.Selvamuthukumaran, senior consultant and Head of Department of Neurosurgery, Dr.K.Senthilkumar, senior consultant neurosurgeon and Dr.Gowtham Kuncha, consultant endovascular neurosurgeon had given details of this successful operation proecudres at a press meet in Madurai today- November 7th 2025.
“Brain is a sensitive part and any surgery must be done with precision. Our Meenakshi Super Speciciality Hospital in Madurai has that doctors’ expertise team and medical equipment. In these three surgeries, we proved that we can do scar-free endoscopic surgery for brain tumours. Meningioma of the anterior skull base which is a brain tumour in the front portion of the brain pressing on the optic nerves that is leading to vision loss for the patients’ eyesight was successfully handled by our neuro team wit the support of anesthesia and neuro opthalmology specialists available in our hospital,” Dr.K.Selvamuthukumaran and Dr.K.Sethilkumar told reporters in Madurai today.
The neuro navigation which was done in real time for the latest neuroendoscopic technique called EEA which is a minimally invasive microsurgical procedure to remove the brain tumours without affecting the sensitive brain part functioning was explained by the neuro team and they stressed that the endoscopic approach completely eliminates the need for open skull surgery.
“The patients had recovered smoothly and discharged from hospital within a week. What we did is a scar-free procedure with cosmetic and clinical advantages. There are excellent outcomes and restoration of vision for these three women patients. We have an advanced medical micro drilling system to remove the brain tumours,” senior neuro experts Dr.K.Selvamuthukumaran and Dr.K.Senthilkumar told reporters at the press meet in Madurai on November 7th 2025.
This surgery for each patient had lasted for about four hours and we are among th few hospitals that have excellent expertise to perform skull base surgery through endoscopy also, the neuro team of Meenakshi Super Speciality Hospital in Madurai has said today at the press conference.
