Spine Surgery

 SPINE SURGERY

Road traffic accidents and sports injuries are the major causes leading to spinal injuries. Most of them can be  treated conservatively only serious trauma to the vertebral column leading to severe symptoms and deficits need surgical treatment.

With the latest advancement in investigations and imaging has made the spinal surgery safer and gives excellent results.

The new spinal fixation materials like titanium have added benefits to the patients requiring spinal surgery.

Indications:

• 1.       Injury causing fracture in the vertebral column making it unstable.
• 2.       Injury leading to severe motor and sensory deficits like para paresis and quadri paresis.
• 3.       Injuries which can lead to deficits in future.
• 4.       Loss of sphincter control

Methods:

With the use of C-Arm spine surgery has become safer with excellent results. It gives real time images of manipulation during surgery and also in placement of implants like screws, rods, cages and plates.

Results:

With the use of latest imaging techniques and new materials and approaches spine surgery has become very safe and gives excellent results.