Spine Fractures
Spinal fractures are different than a broken arm or leg. A fracture or dislocation of a vertebra can cause bone fragments to pinch and damage the spinal nerves or spinal cord. Most spinal fractures occur from car accidents, falls, gunshot, or sports. There have been many patients who presented with spine fractures to the hospital. The fracture was stabilized by surgery and the patients recovered very well. When pain from a spine fracture persists, vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty is considered to repair the fracture which is done in conscious state and the patient is discharged the same day.
Spinal Tumor
Sobti Neuro Hospital routinely does surgeries of spinal tumours with the neurosurgical microscope. A spinal tumor is a growth of cells (mass) in or surrounding the spinal cord. Surgery is needed to relieve compression on the spinal cord. These tumors are completely removed. The symptoms seen are due to spinal nerve compression and weakening of the vertebral structure. Symptoms of spinal cord compression include weakness in arms and legs, sensory loss, gradual onset paralysis and incontinence of bowel and bladder.
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Sobti Neuro Hospital does Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery using the neurosurgical microscope and endoscope. A very small incision is made on the back and the entire surgery and the pathology is treated through it. The patient starts walking on the same day of surgery and is discharged from the hospital. There are lots of patients who have been treated with this technique. MISS is one of the most rapidly advancing surgical procedures. Through highly specialized tools, minimally invasive surgery is an attractive option for patients who want a quicker recovery after surgery, less post-operative pain, and smaller incisions.
Disc Prolapse
A prolapsed disc often causes severe lower back pain. The disc often presses on a nerve root which can cause pain and other symptoms in a leg. In most cases, the symptoms ease off gradually over several weeks. The usual advice is to do bed rest as much as possible. Painkillers may help. Sobti Neuro Hospital has performed more than 5000 successful surgeries of the whole spine. Prolapsed disc surgery ordinarily is performed as a last resort after conservative treatment has failed to help manage neck pain, back pain or other symptoms associated with intervertebral discs that have prolapsed.
Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
Tethered spinal cord is a neurological disorder caused by tissue attachments that limit the movement of the spinal cord within the spinal column and cause an abnormal stretching of spinal cord leading to neurological deficits which are generally irreversible. In children, symptoms may include: hairy patches, dimples, or fatty tumours on the lower back, foot and spinal deformities, weakness in the legs, low back pain, chronic urinary incontinence etc. Sobti Hospital does early surgery in such patients having symptoms related to it.
Meningomyelocele Surgery
Myelomeningocele Repair is a surgery to repair birth defects of the spine and spinal membranes. Meningocele and myelomeningocele are types of spina bifida. If the myelomeningocele is not covered by skin or a membrane when your child is born, surgery will happen within 24 to 48 hours after birth to prevent infection. If your child has hydrocephalus, the doctor may put a shunt (plastic tube) in their brain to drain the extra fluid to the stomach. This prevents pressure that could damage the baby’s brain. A lot of new born babies have been treated at Sobti Neuro Hospital for this disease by surgery and the defect is repaired permanently.