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