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

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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. 

This is the first minimally invasive spine surgery in Kerala using the Viper 2 technology (USA). Patient made a good recovery and started walking next day.
The advantages of minimally invasive spine surgery include small scar, reduced operation time, less bleeding, no wound drain and early recovery. The spine surgery department is fully equipped to give most modern minimally invasive solutions to different spinal problems apart from the routine treatments for scoliosis, spinal fractures, infections, spinal degeneration, spinal tumours and cancers




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