Multiple Subpial Transections MST Cost in New Delhi, India

The cost of multiple subpial transection in New Delhi typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for multiple subpial transection in New Delhi is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If the operation is planned and you need only a short stay in neuro intensive care, your bill is likely to be closer to $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if the surgery is more complex, special navigation or monitoring equipment or an implanted device is used, or you need longer in intensive care.

When comparing New Delhi packages for multiple subpial transection, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Neuro-intensive care days
• Implants or devices used
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Multiple subpial transection (MST) is epilepsy surgery that makes a row of shallow cuts in an area of brain that cannot be safely removed, to stop seizures spreading while keeping that area working.

A Cochrane review describes cuts spaced about 5 mm apart that divide the sideways connections along which seizures spread, while leaving the vertical fibres and blood vessels intact.

Epilepsy Action notes that MST is used mainly for particular epilepsy syndromes, and a 2010 paper on epilepsy surgery in India calls it a palliative procedure aimed at reducing seizures.

The Cochrane review found no randomised trials and could not judge how effective or safe MST is, although non-randomised studies reported seizure freedom in about 55% when MST was combined with resection and about 24% with MST alone.

Possible risks include language problems, limb weakness and infections such as meningitis.

Fit-to-fly window: UK Civil Aviation Authority guidance for health professionals gives about 7 days after neurosurgery as a minimum, and the neurosurgeon may recommend longer.

A Delhi estimate for multiple subpial transection is usually built from these parts:

• Imaging before surgery: MRI, CT or angiography.
• Theatre and navigation: plus neuro-monitoring where used.
• Neuro-ICU days: after the operation.
• Assessment: video EEG, MRI and mapping.
• Combined surgery: with resection or alone.
• Intensive care: after surgery.
• Stay: and rehabilitation.

Brain and nerve surgery costs depend on complexity, intensive care and any devices used, so complex cases in Delhi can cost more than the range above.

Delhi NCR's larger multi-speciality hospitals run neurosurgery with neuro-intensive care, intraoperative imaging or neuro-monitoring, so ask which of these your operation will use.

India's national hospital standard is set by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), a constituent board of the Quality Council of India whose standards are accredited by ISQua; you can check a Delhi hospital's current NABH status on the NABH website.

Delhi has a long record with international accreditation: India's first hospital to receive Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, in July 2005, is in New Delhi, and JCI keeps a public list of accredited organisations.

International patients usually arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi; allow for road travel time, as hospitals are spread across Delhi and the neighbouring NCR cities.