Scoliosis Surgery

As an initiative to sensitise people on available treatment for bone and joint disorders, city based Aster Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) has performed a Scoliosis surgery on a 16-year-old girl.

In a unique surgery lasting seven-and-a-half hours, Dr Vidhyadhara S, a spine surgeon at Manipal Hospital, successfully rectified a severe spinal deformity in a 62-year-old-woman. The surgery was performed with minimal blood transfusion.Due to the deformity, known as degenerative thoracolumbar rigid scoliosis, the middle of the woman's backbone was...

As an initiative to sensitise people on available treatment for bone and joint disorders, city based Aster Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) has performed a Scoliosis surgery on a 16-year-old girl.

In a unique surgery lasting seven-and-a-half hours, Dr Vidhyadhara S, a spine surgeon at Manipal Hospital, successfully rectified a severe spinal deformity in a 62-year-old-woman. The surgery was performed with minimal blood transfusion.Due to the deformity, known as degenerative thoracolumbar rigid scoliosis, the middle of the woman's backbone was...