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New Device Effective for Removing Blood Clots

In stroke patients, a new stent-like device effectively removes blood clots, reveals study.

Named SOLITAIRE, it has a self-expanding, stent-like design and, once inserted into a clot using a thin catheter tube, it compresses and traps the clot. The clot is then removed by withdrawing the device, thus reopening the blocked blood vessel.
"This new device heralds a new era in acute stroke care," said lead study author Jeffrey L. Saver, professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles.
"We are going from our first generation of clot-removing procedures, which were only moderately good in reopening target arteries, to now having a highly effective tool. This really is a game-changing result," added Saver, according to a university statement.
The standard Food and Drug Administration-approved mechanical device -- a corkscrew-type clot remover -- is called the MERCI Retriever. About 87 percent of all strokes are caused by clots blocking a blood vessel supplying the brain.
In the first US clinical trial, SOLITAIRE opened blocked vessels without causing symptomatic bleeding in or around the brain in 61 percent of patients.
Its use also led to better survival three months after a stroke. There was a 17.2 percent mortality rate with the new device, compared to the older 38.2 percent.
These findings were presented Feb 3 by Saver at the American Stroke Association's 2012 international conference in New Orleans.
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Faculty Members

Faculty Members

Name Designation Qualification Dr. R.K.Chavda Professor and H.O.D. M.B.B.S., M.D Dr. P. B. Gupta Associate Professor M.B.B.S., M.D Dr. P.Z. Wadia Associate Professor. M.B.B.S., M.D Dr. K.N. Bhatt Associate Professor. M.B.B.S., M.D Dr. M.G. Solu Associate Professor. M.B.B.S., M.D Dr. Parul M. Bhatt Associate Professor. M.B.B.S., M.D Dr Ashvin H.Vasava Associate Professor M.B.B.S., M.D Dr. Tinkal Patel Associate Professor M.B.B.S., M.D Dr.Ruchi naik Assistant  Professor M.B.B.S., M.D Dr.Sandip Bhagat Assistant  Professor M.B.B.S., M.D Dr Rene P Eapen Assistant  Professor M.B.B.S., M.D Dr. Arvind Sharma Assistant  Professor M.B.B.S., M.D Dr. Sandip Patel Assistant  Professor M.B.B.S., M.D Dr. Vivek Garg Assistant  Professor M.B.B.S., M.D ( Contd....)

Goals / Objectives of The Department Of Medicine, GMC, Surat.

Goals / Objectives of The Department Of Medicine, GMC, Surat.

The broad goal of the teaching of undergraduate students in Medicine is to have the knowledge, skills and behavioral attributes to function effectively as the first contact physician. OBJECTIVESAt the end of the course, the student should be able to: KNOWLEDGE diagnose common clinical disorders with special reference to infectious diseases, nutritional disorders, tropical and environmental diseases outline various modes of management including drug therapeutics especially dosage, side effects, toxicity, interactions, indications and contra-indications propose diagnostic and investigative procedures and ability to interpret them. provide first level management of acute emergencies promptly and efficiently and decide the timing and level of referral, if required. recognize geriatric disorders and their management Skills develop clinical skills (history taking, clinical examination and other instruments of examination) to diagnose various common medical disorders and emergencies Refer a patient to secondary and/or tertiary level of health care after having instituted primary care. Perform simple routine investigations like haemogram, stool, urine, sputum and biological fluid examinations Assist the common bedside investigative procedures like pleural tap, lumbar puncture, bone marrow aspiration/biopsy and liver biopsy. INTEGRATION; with community medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation to have the knowledge and be able to manage important current national health programs, also to be able to view the patient in his/her total physical, social and economic milieu. with other relevant academic inputs which provide scientific basis of clinical medicine e.g. anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, pathology and pharmacology