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New Delhi: Sixteen Indian hospitals, led by AIIMS Delhi, have come together to test what is being touted as the first-ever device designed specifically to treat Indian patients for acute ischemic strokeone of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the country...
This is a next-generation device designed specifically to tackle the unique features of stroke clots in the Indian population...
In 2023, only about 4,500-5,000 Indian patients underwent this life-saving intervention (mechanical thrombectomy) which has been proven to be effective since 2015, they said.. Given that India has a significant unmet need in interventional stroke treatment, we are excited to evaluate advanced next-generation stent-retriever technology in India, Dr Shailesh Gaikwad, head of department of neuroimaging & interventional neuroradiology at AIIMS, told ThePrint...
In 2015, multiple research trials showed that interventional stroke treatment is highly beneficial for stroke patients suffering from blockage in an artery in the brain and the finding was considered similar to the use of cardiac stenting, which was proven highly beneficial in the 1990s...
However, in the last nine years since this treatment is known to work, access to interventional stroke treatment has been highly limited in India, mainly due to lack of a device apt for Indian patients and the high costs associated with it...
