Department of Spine Surgery

• Lower Back Pain
• Whiplash (Neck strain/pain)
• Spondylolisthesis
• Slipped disc
• Spinal fractures
• Sciatica
• Spinal deformities- Scoliosis and Kyphosis
• Spinal Infections
• Spinal Tumours- malignant and benign.

You need to visit physician if you experience following symptoms:

• Numbness or tingling
• Pain due to fall or injury
• Severe pain that doesn’t improve with medications and rest
• Pain, weakness or numbness in your leg or arm
• Urinary or bowel dysfunction

Any of these symptoms are signals of a serious problem requiring treatment.

After nonsurgical treatments such as ice and heat therapy, exercise, injections and medications have not proven effective, your physician may consider recommending surgery. A spine surgery is performed by both orthopaedic surgeons as well as the neurosurgeons, depending on the nature of the problem.

• Lower Back Pain

Your lower back is known as the lumbar region of the spine. Lower back pain is one of the most common medical problems in the world.

• Whiplash (Neck sprain/strain)

Whiplash is a neck injury due to forceful, rapid back & forth movement of the neck, like the cracking of a whip.

• Spondylolisthesis

Spondylolisthesis causes one of the lower vertebrae to slip forward onto the bone directly beneath it and affects the lower vertebrae.

• Sciatica

Sciatica is a nerve pain caused due to the compression of a nerve in the lower back. The common cause is a herniated or slipped disk.

• Slip Disk

Slipped disk or Herniated is a common condition that can be painful and devitalizing. Slipped discs are the result of wear and tear.

• Spinal Gracture

Fracture affects vertebrae of spinal column. The types of spinal fractures are Compression, Burst, Flexion-distraction, and Fracture-dislocation.

• Spinal Deformity

Spinal deformity causes a variation in the normal curve of the spine. Common spinal deformities include Scoliosis, Kyphosis, Lordosis.

• Spinal Infection

Spinal infection is a rare, but often serious, form of disease that occurs when bacteria, fungi, or viruses invade the spinal tissues.

• Spinal Tumors

Spinal tumors are abnormal mass of tissue within or surrounding the spinal cord and can be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous).