SPINE

Overview :

The department offers high quality, personalised clinical care in accordance with the best prevalent clinical practice. It is well equipped to manage all surgical emergencies as well as render comprehensive care of all elective surgical pathologies.

Spectrum and Services :

Degenerative spinal conditions— Management of conditions like lumbar canal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, lumbar, thoracic and cervical disc prolapse, cervical myelopathy, cervical ossified posterior longitudinal ligament and ossification of ligamentum flavum

Infective conditions— Management of all infective pathologies of the spine like Tuberculosis and other bacterial and fungal infections

Traumatic spine conditions— Management of all types of fractures of cervical, thoracic and lumbo-sacral spine

Spine tumours— Management of all benign and malignant conditions of the spine

Spine deformity— Management of scoliosis, kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis and congenital deformities in children and adult degenerative scoliosis

Metabolic spine conditions— Management of osteoporosis and related spinal conditions by non-operative and operative means

Minimally invasive, endoscopic approaches and day-care procedures are provided for appropriate indications

Non operative treatment in the form of selective nerve root injections, caudal epidural blocks and sacro-iliac joint injections

Contact us :

Department OPD number – 020-49153101

Appointment Number - 020-40151100

Location:

SS- Spine Department,
First floor Super-Speciality building

Operation theatre – First floor of GS building

Departmental time-table :

Facilities :

Centrally air conditioned, dedicated operating theatres for spine surgery with the latest LED lighting

3- dimensional intra-operative image intensifier

The latest high resolution microscope

Intra-operative neuromonitoring

High resolution endoscopes

Departmental Workload :

The department is one of the busiest, high volume academic departments amongst the private teaching institutes in the country

Last year (2023) around 13800 consultations and 800 major spine surgeries were performed

Courses and Training :

2 year Clinical and Research Fellowship (FNB) in Spine Surgery under the auspices of National Board of Examinations. It admits 2 students per year and is one of the most sought after programmes by the students.

‘Art of Spine Surgery’ annual course organised by the department for budding spine surgeons

Free spine deformity screening camp

Paraplegia rehabilitation camp

‘Society of Physiotherapy’ CME

Weekly departmental meetings

Regular audits to ensure our outcomes are at par with the best in the world

Team approach for spine care - Close collaboration with physiotherapists, pain management physicians, rheumatologists, endocrinologists for best possible patient outcomes

Regularly host regional level spine conferences with DMH spine consultants holding leadership positions