Spinal Treatment Hospital in India

There are dedicated specialized Spinal Hospitals in India where treatment for Spinal (Back pain) related patients are treated. They are JCI Accredited Indraprastha Apollo Hospital (New Delhi - located in North India), JCI Accredited Apollo Hospitals (Chennai - located in coastal South India), ISO Accredited Manipal Hospital (Bangalore - located in South India) and MIOT Hospitals (Chennai - located in coastal South India).

Renowned Senior Spinal Consultant in our panel are;

Dr. Harsh Bhargava, MBBS, MS
Senior Consultant, Department of Spinal Surgery at Apollo Hospitals
Fellowship: Depuy Spine fellowship in 2002 (Korea), Aesculap Spine Fellowship in 1996, (Germany).

Dr. GAUTAM ZAVERI, MS, Dorth, DNB

Special Interest:

• Complex Spine reconstruction for spinal fractures, tumors, tuberculosis
• Minimal Access Spine Surgery
• Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures
• Comprehensive non-operative Spine care

Honors & Awards:

• Nominated International Fellow 2000 by the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine in Adelaide, Australia.
• Ranked third In the MS- Orthopaedics Examination held by the Mumbai University.
• Faculty at various national and international spine conferences & workshops.

Dr. C.S. Dhillon, M.S., DNB., D.Ortho (Head of the Department)

The Department of Spine caters to all spine related ailments of neonate to geriatric patients. More than 600 surgeries are performed every year.

All the regions of the Spine-Cervical, Dorsal and Lumbar can be approached from anterior or posterior. Our results for the correction of complex spinal deformities are astounding and unmatched by most elite centers of the world. Our proficient work has earned us appreciation from patients from middle-east countries like Oman, UAE, Sudan and also from Tanzania, Ruwanda, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Nepal etc and the ever-growing congregate of overseas patients is testimony to the immense popularity of this department.

Surgeries Performed
- Microdiscectomy
- Posterio-Lateral Spinal fusion
- Posterior Lumbar interbody fusion
- Anterior interbody fusion
- Scoliosis corrective surgeries
- Spinal stabilization
- Spinal column reconstruction
- Spinal osteotomies
- Vertebral body resection ( Corpectomy ) and
   reconstruction
- Disc replacement
- Vertebralplasty
- Kyphoplasty
- Peadiatric Spinal Surgeries
- Surgery for spinal tumors

Dr. Sajan K. Hegde, Senior Consultant Spine Surgeon   

Medical Education  
1980 : Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery, Baroda Medical College, Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda 

Postgraduate Education
1985: Master of Surgery (Orthopaedics) Baroda Medical College, Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda 

Professional Positions 
1985 to 1988: Junior Consultant, P.D. Hinduja Sindhi Hospital, Bangalore 
1989 to 1994 : Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Madras Institute of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Vijaya Hospitals, Chennai
1994 till date:  Consultant Spine Surgeon Spine Service, Apollo Group of Hospitals.

Spine Surgery Fellowships / Residencies / Visiting Fellowships 
1989 - Cotrel Spine Fellowship: Unit of Dr. D. Chopin Department of Spinal Surgery, Institut Calot, Berck-sur-mer, France (First Indian to receive the prestigious spine fellowship)
1989 - Resident in Spinal Surgery: Unit of Dr. D. Chopin, Department of Spinal Surgery, Institute Calot, Berck-sur-mer, France
1991 - Visiting Surgeon: Unit of Dr. N. Passuti, Clinique Chirurgicale Orthopedique, Centre Hospitalier Regional Et Universitaire de Nantes Hospital, Saint – Jacques Nantes, France
1992 - A.O. Spine Fellowship : Unit of Prof. W. Dick, Orthopaeische Universitatsklinik, Felix-Platter-Spital Basel, Switzerland
1993 - Visiting Surgeon : Unit of Prof. Kim, Spine Center, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
1995 - Harms Spine Fellowship : Unit of Prof. Harms, Spine Centre, Klinikum, Karlsbad – Langensteinbach, Karlsbad, Germany 
1995 - Visiting Surgeon : Unit of Dr. G. Tabasso, Clinica Orthopedica, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
1995 - Visiting Surgeon : Unit of Dr. Harry Shufflebarger, Chief Spine Surgeon, Division of Spinal Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, 1150, Campa Sano Avenue, Suite 300, Coral Gables, Florida, Miami  33146 USA
1997 - Visiting Surgeon : Unit of Prof. Kaneda, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hokkaido University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan 
1997 - Visiting Surgeon: Unit of Prof. Tomita, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
1998 - Visiting Surgeon : Unit of Dr. Henry Halm, Spine Unit, Department of Orthopaedic, Surgery, Munster, Germany
1999 - Visiting Surgeon : Unit of Prof. Harms, Spine Centre Klinikum, Karlsbad – Langensteinbach, Karlsbad, Germany

Membership of Professional Bodies, Associations 
· Indian Orthopaedic Association (I.O.A)
· Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)
· Groupe Internationale COTREL DUBOUSSET (GICD)
· Spine trauma study group – USA

Fellowship of The National Board in Spine Surgery
– Examiner, 2004  

Some comments on Dr. Hegde’s spine work 

* He has pioneered the use of many modern instrumentation systems, for Example, the Cotrel – Dubousset, the Moss Miami, The Ray cages (PLIF), the BAK cages and the Harms Mesh Systems in India
* His present repertoire of work covers almost the entire gamut of spinal disorders and includes deformity, low back, tumor, trauma, Infection & cervical spine surgery

* In deformity surgery, he has successfully managed a wide range of deformities from mild to the very severe using back, front back, multiple staged interventions. He is quite at home in the use of anterior as well as posterior instrumentation systems

* In the low back, he routinely tackle a variety of problems ranging from disk prolapse, to spondylolisthesis, failed back and salvage situations. I do complicated revision surgeries for instability and sagittal malalignment using back-front-back techniques in the same
sitting. He is familiar with PLIF (BAK – cages), TLIF (Harms technique) and global fusion techniques

* He has tackled variety of tumors including benign (eg. Hemangioma) and malignant (primary, secondary). He is familiar with vertebrectomy techniques and reconstruction using cages, grafts, etc.

* He has tackled trauma using a wide variety of approaches concepts and implant systems, from the front and back

* He is frequently invited nationally as well as internationally to conduct
workshops on modern spinal techniques and perform live demonstration surgeries.

He is credited with introducing Arthroplastic reconstruction of the lumbar and cervical discs with artificial discs in India.  A first for an Indian spine surgeon:

He has designed in collaboration with Medtronic Sofamor Danek (MSD) a comprehensive spinal instrumentation system for anterior fixation in a variety of spinal problems including spinal deformities, tumors, infections and injuries. The system is awaiting FDA clearance and will be marketed internationally by MSD. It is called “The Pegasus”.