Research by Ganga Hospital doctors wins North American Spine Society Outstanding Research Paper Award
Doctors from Ganga Hospital in India have won the North American Spine Society Outstanding Research Paper Award for 2026. Their study utilized advanced MRI spectroscopy to better predict post-operative recovery for patients with cervical spinal cord compression.
Why it matters
This recognition underscores advancements in medical imaging and spinal surgery research, highlighting international contributions to healthcare innovation.
The combined research of the spine surgery and radiology department of Ganga Hospital has won the prestigious North American Spine Society Outstanding Research Paper Award for 2026, a hospital release said on Sunday.
The research was on a cutting edge specialised MRI sequence that could predict the post-operative recovery in compressions of the cervical spinal cord requiring surgery. The paper was titled ‘Preoperative Metabolite Ratio Improves Prediction of Post Operative Recovery in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Prospective Cohort Study’. The study used magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), an advanced radiological MRI sequence that is capable of documenting the concentration of various important metabolites in the spinal cord.
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