100 cases, a milestone in minimally invasive spine care
Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre has successfully completed 100 cases of awake spine surgery using minimally invasive endoscopic techniques. This approach allows high-risk patients to undergo spinal fusion without general anaesthesia, leading to faster recovery and reduced hospital stays.
Why it matters
This milestone highlights a significant shift in surgical practices, offering safer alternatives for high-risk patients who cannot tolerate traditional anaesthesia.
Experts at Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre described the advantages of awake spine surgery using percutaneous and endoscopic techniques.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Karthik Kailash, professor and HoD, Spine Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, said: “We have completed 100 cases. This is an important milestone for our institution. What makes this achievement particularly meaningful is our ability to offer spinal fusion procedures to selected high-risk patients without the need for conventional general anaesthesia. High-tech surgery should reach everybody. The awake spine surgery concept is used in foreign countries such as the U.S. We do the surgery when the patient is awake, particularly for high-risk patients who are unable to walk. We are able to operate and discharge them the next day.”
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