Neurolysis Procedure Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of neurolysis in Chennai typically ranges from $1,550 to $5,750 USD (about ₹1.47 lakh to ₹5.45 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for neurolysis in Chennai is around $2,850 (about ₹2.70 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 $1,550 (about ₹1.47 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $5,750 (about ₹5.45 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 Chennai packages for neurolysis, 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

Neurolysis is a broad term for nerve procedures: surgical neurolysis frees a nerve from scar tissue, while chemical or heat neurolysis deliberately blocks a nerve to relieve pain.

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) outlines neurolysis as releasing a nerve from scar tissue, for example after an injury such as a knee dislocation, in an operation of one to three hours under general anaesthetic, with a nerve graft if the damage is more severe.

Because the same word also covers pain procedures, check which treatment a Chennai costing is for.

RNOH observes that nerves regrow at approximately 1 mm a day, so improvement can take many months and full recovery up to two years.

Infection affects fewer than 1 in 100 people, and pain might increase for a short time after surgery.

Fitness to fly: the UK Civil Aviation Authority's medical guidance gives about a week after neurosurgery as the minimum, and your neurosurgeon may want you to stay longer.

In Chennai, the price of neurolysis is generally built from these parts:

• Pre-surgery imaging: MRI, CT or an angiogram.
• Theatre, navigation and monitoring: equipment used during the operation.
• Neuro-ICU: the number of days needed afterwards.
• Type: surgical or for pain.
• Nerve: which one and how complex.
• Anaesthesia: local or general.
• Nerve graft: if needed.

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

Neurosurgery in Chennai's larger hospitals comes with neuro-intensive care, and some units also use imaging or nerve monitoring during surgery, so ask what your operation will include.

Hospitals in Chennai can hold NABH accreditation, India's national quality standard set by a board of the Quality Council of India and itself accredited by ISQua, and the NABH website shows whether an accreditation is still valid.

Joint Commission International (JCI) accredits a number of Indian hospitals, and its public directory lets you check whether a Chennai hospital on your shortlist is currently included.

Chennai International Airport, at Meenambakkam on the south-western side of the city, handles direct international flights, and most hospitals are a road journey away, so check the transfer time when you book.