Aster Day Care Spine Surgery Centre
Aster Medcity has started a day care spine surgery centre for patients coming for spine surgery. The state-of-the-art center has been set up in such a way that patients can undergo surgery and be discharged home on the same day. The center aims to complete surgeries and procedures in one day on patients with the shortest possible hospital stay, thereby reducing the risk of infection.A very safe keyhole surgery method is adopted at Spine Surgery Day Care Center. No hospital stay is required after surgery. It is possible to recover by resting at home. Daycare surgeries are spine surgeries with the simplest procedures. The center will also perform minimally invasive surgeries for disc prolapse, spine fracture, spinal tumor and spinal degenerative disorders.
Aster Spine Spine Care Centre
One of the best spine surgery hospital in Kochi, the Centre for Spine Care at Aster Medcity offers highly-advanced and personalised surgical and non-surgical treatment including minimally invasive spine surgery & awake spine surgery for management of neck and back problems, complex, disorders of the spine, disc degeneration and herniation, spinal deformities like scoliosis, spine and spinal cord injuries, spinal tumours and cranio-vertebral anomalies.
The exceptional team of doctors comprising Neurosurgeons and Orthopaedic Surgeons with specialised training in Spine Surgery, Neuro Trauma experts, Interventional Neuroradiologists, Radiation Oncologists, Pain Management & Critical Care experts, Neuro Anaesthetists and Spine Pathologists provide high-quality, evidence-based treatment to patients, with the help of an award-winning team of Nurses, Rehabilitation Therapists and Technicians. Multidisciplinary in approach, they create personalised, holistic treatment plans for patients to ensure the best possible medical outcomes.
Backed by state-of-the-art diagnostic and intra-operative technology including Stealth Station Neuro-Navigation, 3D- C Arm, Leica Microscopes and Allen Spine System Table, Aster Centre for Spine Care offers high-precision, safe minimally invasive spine surgery (key-hole spine surgery) that enables patients to return to normal life within a matter of hours to days.
1. Traditional Spine Surgery
Traditional methods of spine surgery, or ‘open procedures’ require long incisions down the middle of the back and stripping of muscles and ligamentous attachments to the spine. Moreover, the muscles are pulled and held apart to grant a surgeon access to the spine for the surgery duration. This can range from one hour to several hours. The invasive and traumatic nature of open spine surgery, compromises the vital supporting structures of the spine that play an important role in maintaining the strength and flexibility of your back.
2. MISS Method
A more recent method of performing spine surgery is called ‘minimally invasive spine surgery’ (MISS). Minimally invasive spine surgery techniques are far better for a patient because they aim to address the root cause of your spinal problem safely and completely, without disturbing the spine’s natural supporting structures.
3. Advanced Technologies
Optimal results are achieved through the right blend of latest innovations and technologies, such as intra-operative neuromonitoring, neuronavigation, microscopic guidance and O-arm TM system.
Minimally Invasive and motion preservation spine surgery
Transforaminal and interlaminar endoscopic discectomy (PELD)
Tube assisted discectomy
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
Artificial disc replacement surgery (cervical and lumbar arthroplasty)
Posterior cervical laminoforaminotomy
Minimally invasive decompression for lumbar canal stenosis
MIS - TLIF
MIS - OLIF
Vertebroplasty, balloon kyphoplasty
Minimally invasive spine surgery for spinal tumors
Pediatric spine disorders and scoliosis
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Early onset scoliosis
Infantile idiopathic scoliosis
Congenital and neuromuscular scoliosis
Hemivertebrae
Tethered cord syndrome
Spina bifida
Split cord malformations
Syringomyelia
Arnold chiari malformations
Craniovertebral junction anomalies
Adult Degenerative spinal disorders/Back and neck pain
Adult degenerative scoliosis
Iatrogenic scoliosis
Flatback syndrome
Spondylolisthesis/spondylosis
Cervical, thoracic and lumbar degenerative diseases
Correction of complex spinal deformities
Vertebrectomies and osteotomies
Spinal Trauma and rehabilitation
Spinal cord injury
Traumatic listhesis and fractures
Disc herniations
Craniovertebral junction malalignment
Spinal tumors - minimally and open surgery
Bony tumors – benign and malignant
Intradural tumors- schwannoma, meningioma
Spinal cord tumors- astrocytoma, ependymoma
Spinal metastases
FACILITIES FOR SPINE SURGERY
OR1 Fusion Digital Integrated Green OT certified surgical Suites
IntelliSpace Critical Care and Anaesthesia (ICCA) ICUs
Level 3 PICU
3.0 Tesla Widebore MRI
256 Slice Philips iCT Scan
DEXA for bone density measurement
Philips Astonish True Flight Select
PET-CT with Time Of Flight Technology
GE SPECT-CT Optima NM 640 Gamma Camera>
True Beam Linear Accelerator with FFF Technology
Karl Storz Endoscope
Siemens Isocentric 3D C-arm
Medtronic Stealth Station Navigation System
Leica M530 OH6 Operating Microscope
Leica M525 OH4 Operating Microscope
Medtronic Legend high-speed pneumatic drills
Medtronic Legend EHS Stylus electric drills
Medtronic Legend oscillating and reciprocating microsaws
Intraoperative Bone CUSA
Intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring
Allen Spine System Table
Needle biopsy
Soft tissue and bone pathology
Spine and peripheral nerve pathology
Immunohistochemistry & frozen section
Advanced navigation system
Endoscopy and MISS systems
Intraop MRI
Gamma (SPECT) Camera
Whole body bone scan
Regional three-phase bone scan
Regional infection imaging
We have some of the best doctors from around the world, they bring years of experience and offer evidence based treatment to ensure the best care for you.
Want to find out more about the treatment? The answer to your questions can be found below.
Minimally invasive spine surgery is a highly advanced spine surgery technique using very small incisions, using cutting-edge intra-operative technology.
The advantages of minimally invasive spine surgery enable us to safely perform spine surgery in elderly patients with multiple medical problems and also obese /overweight patients, with the best possible medical outcomes.
Endoscopic Spine Surgery is a minimally invasive spine surgery procedure that helps to relieve pain caused by herniated discs pressing on nerve roots.
These are surgeries done under local or regional anaesthesia without using general anaesthesia. Certain Minimally invasive spine surgery can be done in this manner.
- Scoliosis is a condition wherein a person’s spine or back is curved like an “S” or “C”
- Scoliosis can be a by birth, acquired or age-related condition
- Early detection and correction (in the adolescent age itself) is the key to effective treatment of scoliosis
- Severe or visible scoliosis, if left untreated, can lead to complications including disfigurement, pain, breathing difficulties or nerve damage
- Children, adolescents with scoliosis
- Patients with kyphosis (hunchback / forward curving of the spine)
- Adults and elderly patients with spinal deformities
Yes, these surgeries are safe. The centre for spine care at Aster Medcity has the latest medical technology for ensuring maximum patient safety and are performed with the help of intra-operative nerve monitoring for unmatched accuracy.
- Very small surgical incisions and scars (approximately 18mm)
- Minimal muscle damage
- Minimal blood loss
- Lesser pain, which reduces the need for pain killers
- Fewer post-surgical complications
- Minimal hospital stay
- Quicker recovery
- Faster return to normal life
- Lower incidence of surgery related back pain
The narrowing of the spaces within the spine is known as spinal stenosis. The minimally invasive spine surgery procedure helps decompress the nerves in the narrow spaces between the vertebral bones and spinal joints.
Lumbar fusion is done to correct issues with the vertebrae such as painful motion and stability of the spine.
Many patients with multiple risk factors (cardiac/liver/kidney disorders) or those who are elderly may not be good candidates for general anesthesia. Awake spine surgery can be performed in such patients. Another advantage would be shorter recovery times and same day discharge from hospital.
Scoliosis spine surgery is a specialised surgery for correction of spine deformity
If the recovery is as expected, the patient can be discharged within a week. Children can get back to school about a month after the surgery