Revolutionary GE MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment Facility Opens at Jaslok Hospital
The treatment, which is carried out as an outpatient procedure has a short recovery time than hysterectomy and can help women to return much more quickly to normal daily activities.
- (1888PressRelease) July 08, 2010 - MUMBAI - A new facility offering Indian women a major breakthrough treatment for uterine fibroids, a common gynaecological condition, is opening at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai. The revolutionary new technology - GE Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) treats uterine fibroids in women by using high intensity ultrasound waves to non-invasively destroy benign tumours of the uterus. Uterine fibroids affect large numbers of women, causing a variety of symptoms such as pelvic pain, incontinence and swelling of the abdomen.. The most common treatment for fibroids is hysterectomy, a surgical procedure that involves a stay in hospital and up to six weeks of recovery time. MRgFUS which destroys fibroids without causing damage to surrounding tissues and could be used as a common alternative to removal of a uterus or hysterectomy.
Offers India's first non-surgical treatment for uterine fibroids
• New Non-Invasive Treatment could save thousands of women from hysterectomy and preserve fertility
• Jaslok Hospital to trial technology for treatment of bone metastases, cancer of breast, liver, and prostate.
The MRgFUS technology - the ExAblate® 2000, developed by Insightec Inc is the only US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved system for treatment of uterine fibroids and works exclusively with GE 1.5T and 3.0T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems. The technology is also CE approved for pain palliation treatment for bone metastases and clinical trials are under way to determine if the technology could be an alternative treatment for a number of cancers including breast, brain, liver cancer, and prostate. Business Week lists MRgFUS as "One of the 25 ideas for a changing world.
Col Manesh Masand, CEO of Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre said "Jaslok Hospital and Research came into force this day, 37 years back. We have been at the forefront of medical and technology advances since then. On the eve of our 37th anniversary, we are pleased to take India to the non-invasive surgery era with the First MR Guided Focused Ultrasound system in India and South Asia. With this, patients, especially women in India, neighboring countries, Middle-East and African countries can look forward to surgery without cutting the body or losing a drop of blood".
The ExAblate® 2000 system uses the breakthrough MRgFUS technology that combines MRI to visualize tissues in the body, plan the treatment and monitor, in real time, treatment outcome and high intensity focused ultrasound to heat or thermally ablate diseased tissue. MR thermal feedback, provided uniquely by the system, allows the physician to control and adjust the treatment in real time to ensure that the targeted tumor is fully treated without damaging the surrounding tissue.
"We are proud to be the first hospital in the world to introduce MR Guided Focused Ultrasound technology with complete available treatment capabilities such as treatment modules for uterine fibroids, bone metastases, breast, prostate and other cancers. said Dr Shrinivas Desai, Director, Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai. "This revolutionary technology can cut tumors and fibroids without cutting the body! It is the best thing that has happened to medicine since the scalpel. In this case, we are saving the patient from the difficulties associated with cutting the body, without losing a drop of blood, hospitalization and related costs. I believe this is just the first step and with more developments coming our way, I am sure we will usher in a non-surgical era of cancer treatment and other targeted therapies. I am fortunate to be part of this giant leap"
Dr Desai added: "We are proud to be part of expanding the usage of this miracle technology for usage in conditions like breast, liver and prostate cancers, etc. through research programs at Jaslok Hospital. While we advance the technology use, we will be able to help a number of those needy, poor patients with free treatment" said Dr Shrinivas Desai.
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