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Dr Raghuprasad Varma - Spine Surgeon

DR RAGHUPRASAD VARMA

M.S Orth (Mumbai), Fcps, Dnb (Orth)
Spine Surgeon
  • Fees: INR 2,200
  • Friday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Introduction

Dr Raghuprasad Varma has done his basic medical education at the Grant Medical College, JJ Group of Hospitals under the auspices of the University of Mumbai. He pursued MS in Orthopaedics at the Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai. He is also a Diplomate of National Board, New Delhi in the Field of Orthopaedics. Here in his interest in Spine surgery enthused him to pursue it as a superspeciality since 2001. He worked as a spine fellow and later as an associate spine surgeon at the Spine Clinic at the Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai. He has had multiple fellowships for advanced spine training at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital (Oswestry), University Hospital (Cardiff), and Stanmore in the UK and Advanced trauma centre, Leipzig, Germany. He also worked in the department of Spine in The NUH, Singapore. He was selected for the Global outreach fellowship for the Scoliosis Research Society meeting in Miami, USA in 2005. He has been faculty at multiple regional and national Spine meetings. Dr Raghu Prasad Varma is also a Reviewer for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, British and has multiple publications to his credit. Spine health care services with adult and paediatric spine reconstructions is his special interest.

Hospital Associations

Dr L.H.Hiranandani Hospital Powai

Services/Interest

  • Degenerative Spinal Disorders
  • Adult and Pediatric (scoliosis and kyphosis) Spinal Seformities
  • Spinal Infections and Tumours
  • Spine health care services with adult and paediatric spine reconstructions

Education

M.S Orth (Mumbai), Fcps, Dnb (Orth)

I Speak

English,Hindi

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DR L H HIRANANDANI HOSPITAL Timing

Monday
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wednesday
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Online Consultations

Monday
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wednesday
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM,10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Thursday
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 12:00 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.