A 37-year-old IT professional working in the US had been bedridden for months with quadriparesis. Specialists there warned that surgery at the skull-spine junction carried serious risks, including permanent paralysis or dependence on ventilator support. The patient described feeling an ongoing loss of balance even during simple movements at home. Along with her husband, she traveled to India in search of alternatives, exploring second opinions and even trying Ayurveda, homeopathy, and posture correction therapies — none of which provided relief.
At a private hospital in Bengaluru, neurosurgeons diagnosed her with atlantoaxial dislocation, a rare instability at the skull-spine junction that was compressing her spinal cord. The condition was life-altering, but surgery carried the danger of damage near the brainstem, where even a minor error could prove disastrous. To minimize this risk,…
