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Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery for spine fracture due to cancer, gets elderly man back to his feet in Kochi Kerala

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Contact- Spine Clinic 0484-2772154(call Mon -Sat 9.30-4.30) Watsapp number 9633824255 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/65-year-old-man-is-able-to-walk-within-24-hours-of-spine-surgery/articleshow/53478793.cms Kochi- 61 year old man hailing from Kollam had undergone a successful minimally invasive spine surgery (key hole surgery) for fracture of his spine at VPS Lakeshore Hospital ,Kochi. He was in severe pain and was bedridden due to the fracture of the spine for the past 2 weeks , then he was referred to VPS Lakeshore Hospital. “Usually such fractures are treated with open spine surgery with long surgical incisions and further bed rest. The patient was operated using the American technology called Viper 2 system in which only 1-2cm long incisions were made percutaneously to put specially designed titanium implants into the spine to treat the fracture” explained DrKrishnakumar, consultant spine surgeon who performed the surgery in VPS Lakeshore Hospital....

12-year-old Oman girl able to walk straight after scoliosis surgery done in Kochi Kerala India by Dr Krishnakumar

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/12-year-old-Oman-girl-able-to-walk-straight-after-surgery/articleshow/54008511.cms http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Omani-girl-undergoes-rare-spine-surgery/2016/09/03/article3609810.ece http://www.lakeshorehospital.com/news/12-year-old-omani-girl-undergoes-complex-spine-surgery-for-scoliosis-correction-in-lakeshore-hospital http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/050916/major-spine-relief-for-omani-girl.html 12-year-old Oman girl able to walk straight after scoliosis surgery Spine surgery department at VPS Lakeshore hospital, Kochi, Kerala ,India have successfully done a complicated scoliosis correction surgery on a 12 year old Omani girl student. The team led by Dr. Krishnakumar R, Consultant Spine and Scoliosis Surgeon has done a complex corrective surgery to straighten the 90 degree curved spine. Mariyam, hailing from Sur, Oman was diagnosed to have scoliosis – a condition in which the spin...