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.
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.
Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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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 |
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
The unit has also more than 200 journal publications in spine surgery and many chapters in international textbooks.
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