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Dr Muralidharan V - Spine Surgeon

DR MURALIDHARAN V

MRCS, MCh (Orthopedics), FRCS, Fellow Spine Surgeon
Spine Surgeon
  • Fees: INR 1,500
  • Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Introduction

Dr Muralidharan V is one of the best Spine Surgeon in Chennai and is currently associated with Apollo Hospitals Greams Road Chennai.

Hospital Associations

Apollo Hospitals Greams Road Chennai

Services/Interest

  • Spinal Care
  • Cervical (neck)
  • Thoracic (upper back)
  • lumbosacral (lower back)
  • Spinal conditions
  • Second opinion
  • Revision Spinal Surgery
  • Invasive Vertebroplasty
  • Kyphoplasty procedures
  • Adult Spinal Deformity
  • Scoliosis
  • Kyphosis
  • Complex Spinal Reconstruction
  • Minimally invasive approach
  • Micro-Endoscopic Surgery
  • Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Disc Replacement

Experience

Dr Muralidharan V is one of the best Spine Surgeon in Chennai and has a total experience of 18 years.

Professional Memberships

Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI), British Association of Spine Surgeons UK (BASS), NASS - North American Spine Society, European Spine Society, AOSpine

Awards and Recognitions

Dr Muralidharan V has been an Active Site Co-Ordinator of AO-Spine Sponsored Prospective, Observational European Multi-Centre Study on the Efficacy of Acute Surgical Decompression after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: the SCI-POEM study. Dr Muralidharan V was an Invited Participant of AO Spine Educational Videos Content Review process. Dr Muralidharan V has won the prestigious Arthritis Research UK Investigator Award 2013 at British Orthopaedic Association Congress. Dr Muralidharan V was awarded the Mark Honey Research Prize 2012 by the research committee of the East Midlands Sarcoma Service (UK). Dr Muralidharan V's work on Lactate and hip trauma won best research presentations in East Midlands Orthopaedic Research Meeting and Leicester Orthopaedic Research meetings in 2013 (UK). Dr Muralidharan V was awarded Foxtrot Grant for qualitative research in 2014 by University Hospitals of Leicester research committee (UK). Dr Muralidharan V was an Invited Faculty in Various National and International Meetings/Workshops.

Education

Dr Muralidharan V completed his MBBS from Chengalpattu Medical College in year 2000. Dr Muralidharan V completed his MRCS from The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), UK in year 2009. Dr Muralidharan V completed his FRCS in Trauma & Orthopedic Surgery from Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK in year 2016.

I Speak

English, Tamil

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Apollo Hospitals Greams Road Chennai Timing

Monday - Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Who is a spine surgeon?

Orthopedics is a medical specialty focusing on the body's musculoskeletal system that includes bones, tendons, joints, muscles, ligaments, and nerves. Spine surgeons are orthopedic surgeons who focus their practice exclusively on spine surgery. Both orthopedic and neurosurgeons may complete fellowship training to do most types of spine surgery.

What does a spine surgeon do?

An orthopedic spine surgeon is a surgeon who further specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal diseases. Although some focus on treating children (pediatric) or adults, they provide non-operative and surgical treatment to patients of all ages. Some orthopedic spine surgeons solely treat certain spinal problems such as degenerative disc disease, spinal fracture, scoliosis or a particular region of the spine.

What procedures are performed by an orthopedic spine surgeon?

The most common spine surgeries performed by orthopedic spine surgeons are:

  • Discectomy: It is the removal of part of a disc that is herniated and causing pain or other symptoms.
  • Laminectomy: It is a surgery performed to expand the spinal column when spinal stenosis causes pressure on the nerve roots.
  • Spinal Fusion: It is a welding process by which two or more vertebrae are joined together, forming a single immobile unit.
  • Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: Both involve supporting fractured bone with a cement-like material, which is injected into the vertebra or vertebrae through a straw-like needle.

What diseases are treated by a spine surgeon?

Diseases treated by spine surgeon are:

  • Arachnoiditis
  • Back injury
  • Cervical spinal stenosis
  • Chronic pain
  • Coccydynia
  • Degenerative disc disease
  • Discitis
  • Facet syndrome
  • Failed back syndrome
  • Injury
  • Kyphosis
  • Lordosis
  • Low back pain
  • Lumbar disc disease
  • Lumbar spinal stenosis
  • Myelitis
  • Myelopathy
  • Neck pain
  • Neurological disorder
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Osteophyte
  • Osteoporosis
  • Paralysis
  • Paraplegia
  • Radiculopathy
  • Scheuermann's disease
  • Sciatica
  • Scoliosis
  • Spina bifida
  • Spinal cord compression
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Spinal disc herniation
  • Spinal disease
  • Spinal fracture
  • Spinal muscular atrophy
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Tetraplegia
  • Transverse myelitis
  • Vertebral compression fracture
  • Whiplash

What is the difference between an ortho spine surgeon and neurosurgeon?

Fellowship trained and board-certified neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons are equally qualified. However, there is a difference between them, and that difference is in their training. A spine neurosurgeon is trained to treat conditions of the spine, while an orthopedic spine surgeon specializes in treating the spine and its deformities.