Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis – Selective Thoracic FusionTreatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) depends on the magnitude of curve and risk of curve progression. Curve with magnitude less than 20 degrees do not require any treatment and

This girl presented to me 2 years back with deformity of back. Her MRI showed Severe Thoracic Scoliosis. Her MRI showed Low lying tethered cord so Surgery was planned in two stages. As first stage detethering was done followed by Scoliosis correction

Roziya, 14 year girl from Kyrgyzstan was operated by me for Congenital Kyphoscoliosis at Jaypee Hospital, Noida last year. She had a very severe spinal deformity and used to have severe pain on walking. Her case was challenging as she had split cord

Congenital Kyphoscoliosis - Detethering followed by Growth Rod Distraction This 6 year old boy presented to us with deformity back since birth. He had history of spine surgery of back at birth to close myelomeningocoele . His Xray showed severe kyph

Revision Spine Surgery – Surgical Site InfectionCase34 year old male had fall from height resulting in severe back pain. There was no associated weakness but he was not able to stand or get up due to unbearable back pain. He was taken to a nearby h

Tuberculosis of Spine – Potts SpineSpine is the Most common bone affected by Tuberculosis. TB of spine is also known as Potts Spine. Symptoms include slow onset, dull pain in spine that is gradually progressive over months. In advanced stages pus fo

Cervical Myelopathy This 65 year old male presented to us with progressive imbalance on walking and his hand grip was weak. His MRI showed multilevel disc compression with spinal cord signal changes consisitent with Myelopathy. He aslo had Cardiac i

Dorsal Myelopathy and OPLLDorsal myelopathy is characterised by dificulty in walking, tightness in legs, Imbalance, urinary problems and weakness in legs. The cause is usually either ossified disc or Posterior Ligament (OPLL) and Ossified Ligament