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SPINE CENTRE · SPINE SURGERY
SPINE SURGERY
Spine surgery is a medical procedure used to treat conditions affecting the bones, discs, nerves, or spinal cord when conservative treatments do not provide sufficient relief.
It may be recommended for severe nerve compression, spinal instability, fractures, deformities, tumors, or persistent pain and weakness that significantly affect daily activities.
Decompression
Relief of nerve and spinal cord compression
Spinal fusion
Stabilization using techniques such as TLIF, ALIF, PLIF and PLF
Disc replacement
Cervical and lumbar artificial disc procedures
Complex spine
Tumours, fractures, deformities and reconstruction
Complex care
Multidisciplinary specialist support
Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Small-incision endoscopic decompression and discectomy
Microdiscectomy
Minimally invasive removal of herniated disc material
Laminectomy
Decompression for selected spinal stenosis
Artificial Disc Replacement
Motion-preserving disc replacement in selected patients
Lumbar Spine Surgery
Surgical management of lower-spine disorders
Cervical Spine Surgery
Decompression and reconstruction for cervical disease
Kyphoplasty
Minimally invasive stabilisation of vertebral compression fractures
Spinal Tumour Surgery
Resection and stabilisation of selected spinal tumours
Vertebroplasty
Cement augmentation for selected compression fractures
Scoliosis Correction
Surgical correction of spinal deformity
Spinal Trauma Surgery
Fixation and reonstruction for complex spinal injuries
SPINE CENTRE · SPINE SURGERY
MEET OUR ADULT SPINE SURGERY LEADERS
Dr. S. K. Rajan
Spine Surgeon
- 15+ years in spine surgery
- Chief – Neuro Spine Surgery / Spine Surgeon
- 3,000+ spine surgeries
- AO International certified spine surgeon
- Minimally invasive spine procedures
- Complex spine cases and surgical reconstruction
- Listed by HBG Medical Assistance among Artemis spine specialists
Dr. Hitesh Garg
Head – Ortho Spine Surgery
- 15+ years of spine surgery experience
- 5,000+ spine surgeries performed
- Head – Ortho Spine Surgery at Artemis Hospitals
- Clinical spine fellowship at Yale University
- Paediatric spine fellowship at Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia
- Expertise in TLIF, PLIF, cervical fusion & disc replacement
- Complex spine, deformity, tumour and minimally invasive procedures
SPINE CENTRE · SPINE SURGERY
MEET OUR PAEDIATRIC SPINE SURGERY LEADERS
Dr. Sanjay Sarup
Head – Othopaedics (Unit-II) and Chief – Paediatric Orthopaedics & Spine Surgery
- 24+ years of experience in orthopaedic surgery
- Super-specialises in Paediatric Orthopaedics & Spine Surgery
- Expertise in scoliosis & kyphosis correction, congenital hip dislocation, clubfoot and limb deformity correction
- MCh (Orthopaedics), Dundee, UK & FRCS, Glasgow
- Paediatric Orthopaedics fellowship at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
- Established the Paediatric Orthopaedic Unit at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and later developed the Paediatric Orthopaedic & Spine Division at Medanta Medicity