The Institute of Anaesthesiology & Pain Management at SIMS Hospital, Chennai, delivers expert anaesthesia and perioperative care for the full spectrum of medical and surgical procedures expected at a leading tertiary care centre.
Equipped with state-of-the-art anaesthesia workstations, advanced monitoring systems, and evidence-based protocols, the institute is committed to providing safe, effective, and patient-centric anaesthesia care for individuals across all age groups.
Comprehensive Anaesthesia Services
Our institute offers the complete range of anaesthesia techniques, tailored to each patient’s clinical needs:
- General anaesthesia with advanced airway and monitoring systems
- Regional anaesthesia and neuraxial blocks
- Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks and peripheral nerve stimulation techniques
A dedicated Pre-Operative Assessment Clinic evaluates and optimises patients prior to surgery, ensuring the safest possible anaesthesia outcomes.
Advanced Tertiary Care Anaesthesia Support
Our anaesthesiology team provides specialised anaesthesia support for:
- Solid organ transplantation – liver, heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, and bone marrow
- All surgical specialties, supported by experienced paramedical and technical staff
- Obstetric anaesthesia, including labour analgesia using epidurals and other advanced techniques
- Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as MRI, CT scans, endoscopy, and interventional radiology
Anaesthesiologists from the institute are also integral members of the Medical, Neuro, Surgical, and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Units, ensuring seamless perioperative and critical care management.
Pain Management Services
Pain is a complex and often debilitating condition that can significantly affect both physical and mental well-being. The Pain Management Division at SIMS Hospital offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for patients suffering from acute and chronic pain conditions.
Our specialists provide some of the most advanced pain management treatments available today, delivered in a compassionate, supportive environment, on both inpatient and outpatient bases. The primary goal is to restore function, comfort, and quality of life.
Conditions Treated
- Acute pain following trauma (RTA), surgery, or injury
- Trigeminal neuralgia and orofacial pain
- Neck pain, low back pain, and myofascial pain syndromes
- Fibromyalgia
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy / causalgia
- Cancer-related pain (pancreatic and other visceral cancers)
- Vascular pain syndromes
- Herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Painful diabetic neuropathy
- Post-thoracotomy pain
- Phantom limb pain
- Central pain syndromes (post-stroke, spinal cord injury)
- Peripheral neuropathy
- AIDS-related pain
- Chronic, treatment-resistant generalized pain
Interventional Pain Management Techniques
The Pain Services Centre offers a holistic and interventional approach to pain management, including:
- Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral epidural injections
- Transforaminal epidural blocks (lumbar & sacral)
- Radiofrequency ablation of dorsal root ganglion (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
- Facet joint blocks (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
- Joint injections
- Sympathetic blocks
- Stellate ganglion block
- Thoracic sympathetic block
- Lumbar sympathetic block
- Ganglion Impar block
- Sacral epidural adhesiolysis
- Discography (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
- Intradiscal thermal therapy
- Nucleoplasty
- Percutaneous discectomy
- Spinal cord stimulator implantation
- Intrathecal drug delivery pump implantation
- Diagnostic and therapeutic nerve blocks
- Trigger point and joint injections
- Vertebroplasty & kyphoplasty
Most procedures are performed as day-care interventions in fully equipped operation theatres with continuous monitoring, allowing patients to return home safely on the same day.
