Spine Surgery

Doctors

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Dr. (Prof) S Rajasekaran
Chairman, Dept of Orthopaedics, Trauma & Spine Surgery.

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    Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty
    Senior Consultant

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      Dr. Rishi Mugesh Kanna
      Consultant

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        Senior Registrars

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        Dr. Sri Vijay Anand
        Senior Registrar

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          Dr. Karthik Ramachandran
          Senior Registrar

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            Spine Surgery

            Over the last 25 years, the Spine Surgery unit of Ganga has provided comprehensive services in alleviating the pain and improving the functional ability of patients. The unit is one of the largest tertiary care referral centres in India and so far, more than 12000 spine surgeries have been performed.





            The unit is headed by Prof S Rajasekaran, and comprises of two Consultants Dr Ajoy Prasad Shetty and Dr Rishi M Kanna. The clinical team includes eleven Spine Fellows, ably supported by three physician assistants and spinal physiotherapists to provide specialised care to all patients with spinal pathologies.





            Clinical Expertise


            On the clinical side, the unit aims to provide safe spine surgery through expertise and experience. Bolstered by periodic technological advancements, the unit currently has one Intra-operative computer navigation system, two 3D navigation image intensifiers, intraoperative spinal cord monitoring systems and advanced cell saver technology, the only centre in the country to have all under one roof.






            SAFE SPINE SURGERY – A REALITY


            1. Ganga hospital is the first unit in the Asia Pacific region to install the BrainLab CT AIRO navigation services for computer aided spine surgery. This ensures safety and precision.

            2. Intra-operative neuromonitoring enables performance of complex spinal cord surgery without risking injury to the spinal cord.

            3. Cell Saver machines enable long and complex surgeries maintaining patients' safety.

            4 The availability of the latest spinal implants allow safety and precision in surgery.

            5. High resolution 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner, Siemens Symphony CT scanner and digital radiographs provide the best imaging support to accurately diagnose diseases.




            Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
            Lumbar microdiscectomy 435 291 373 361 390 121 290 246
            Lumbar micro decompression 196 212 201 195 157 61 146 103
            Transforaminal Lumbar Fusion 464 564 499 473 596 193 475 572
            Thoracic decompression, fusion 6 39 31 68 59 10 65 74
            Spinal infections - Surgery 114 110 88 74 44 32 122 82
            Anterior cervical microsurgery 244 235 233 341 263 98 231 236
            Posterior cervical decompression 149 179 170 188 170 52 148 151
            Spinal fractures - Surgery 316 238 305 269 287 122 239 266
            Percutaneous biopsy 93 78 87 74 77 32 74 39
            Scoliosis/kyphosis surgeries 168 199 193 166 155 39 165 157
            Spinal cord Surgeries 31 28 12 33 49 14 24 25
            Tumor surgeries 55 23 34 17 9 9 51 26
            Vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty 8 26 21 38 10 19 54 22
            Spinal injections 234 348 350 404 516 175 722 996
            Thoracotomy / Laprotomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6
            Endoscopy 0 0 0 0 37 35 66 53
            Tubular Disc 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
            MISTLIF 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15
            Spinal Pelvic Fixation 0 0 0 0 24 23 13 25
            Miscellaneous 108 92 132 164 160 84 11 201
            Total 2621 2662 2729 2865 3003 2260 3117 3296

            Research and Spine Surgery


            The unit is well known internationally for its path breaking research works in the field of disc biology. It has been the proud recipient of many international awards such as.




            International


            ISSLS Basic Science Best Paper award 2021
            North American Spine Society Outstanding Research Award for 2019
            North American Spine Society Outstanding Research Award for 2020
            North American Spine Society Outstanding Research Award for 2021
            Asia Pacific Spine Society Best Clinical Research Award for 2019
            Asia Pacific Spine Journal Award for Best Clinical Paper for 2019
            Asia Pacific Spine Society Basic Science Research Award for 2019
            Asia Pacific Spine Journal Award for Best Basic Science Paper for 2019
            ISSLS Prize for Spine Research for the year 2017
            ISSLS Prize for Spine Research for the year 2013
            ISSLS Prize for Spine Research for the year 2010
            ISSLS Prize for Spine Research for the year 2004
            EuroSpine Open Paper Award’ for 2008 for his research demonstrating that Disc Nutrition in spine can be modified by Calcium channel Blockers.
            Macnab LaRocca Research Award of ISSLS in 2005
            Sofamer Danek Award for the best Scientific presentation internationally by the International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine thrice for the years 1996.
            Sofamer Danek Award for the best Scientific presentation internationally by the International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine thrice for the years 2002.
            Sofamer Danek Award for the best Scientific presentation internationally by the International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine thrice for the years 2006.

            The unit has also more than 200 journal publications in spine surgery and many chapters in international textbooks.


            SURGERIES PERFORMED

            Cervical Microdiscectomy and Fusion

            Cervical Disc Replacement

            Cervical Laminectomy

            Cervical Laminoplasty

            Scoliosis Correction Surgery

            Kyphosis Correction Surgery

            Lumbar Microdiscetomy

            Lumbar Microdecompression

            Lumbar Fusion - TLIF, PLIF

            Spinal Osteotomies

            Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

            Vertebroplasty / Kyphoplasty

            Fracture Stablisation Surgeries

            Congenital Anomalies of the Spinal Cord

            Thoracic Spine Decompression

            Spinal Turberculosis

            Awards

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            Outstanding Paper Award for Basic Science....

            The Spine research team of Ganga Hospital, headed by Prof.Dr.S. Rajasekaran have been performing pioneering research in the field of spine surgery for which they have been the recipients of...

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            Hunterian Professorship of the Royal College....

            Hunterian Professorship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2012 The Hunterian Professorships are on rare occasions bestowed to international surgeons. Dr S Rajasekaran is the second orthopaedic surgeon...

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            Consultant Medal Paper Award,Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic....

            Dr Ajoy .P. Shetty, Consultant Spine Surgeon Minimally Invasive Pelvic Fracture Fixation, Role of CT Based Pelvic Morphometry and Use of Ball Probe February 2011, TNOA, Madurai.



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