Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences—Kochi, India
Spine Center Director: Sajesh Menon
Team members:
Dr Jim Vellara
Dr Anoop Thomas
Center descriptionAmrita Institute of Medical Science (AIMS) brings together a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to provide the highest standards of medical treatment. Our full range of primary and specialty care medical services enable cross-specialty consultation, which assures outstanding treatment for each patient. The extensive infrastructure offers facilities comprising 25 modern operating theatres, 210 equipped intensive-care beds, a fully computerized and networked Hospital Information System (HIS), a fully digital radiology department, NABL accredited clinical laboratories and 24/7 telemedicine service. Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences is the adjunct to the term "new universalism" coined by the World Health Organization. This massive healthcare infrastructure with over 3,330,000 sq.ft. of built-up area spread over 125 acres of land, supports a daily patient volume of about 3,000 outpatients with 95 percent inpatient occupancy. Annual patient turnover touches an incredible figure of over 779,055 outpatients and nearly 47,577 inpatients. AIMS offers a total and comprehensive health solution comparable to the best hospitals in the world. AIMS team comprises physicians, surgeons and other healthcare professionals of the highest caliber and experience. AIMS features one of the most advanced hospital computer networks in India. The network supports more than 2,000 computers and has computerized nearly every aspect of patient care including all patient information, lab testing and radiological imaging. |
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Most frequent pathologiesLumbar and cervical disc degeneration, deformities, tumors
Most frequent surgical proceduresMISS discectomy with or without fusion, deformity correction, tumor surgery |
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Number of cases
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Number of instrumented cases per year:
Approximately 550 procedures performed per year
• Cervical deformity Adult cervical reconstruction Basilar invagination reconstruction Paediatric cervical reconstruction • Cervical trauma Cervical stabilisation • Cervical tumor Cervical tumor surgery Craniocervical tumor surgery Intraspinal tumor surgery • Chronic pain Intrathecal pump placement • Degenerative cervical spine Cervical stabilisation Laminoplasty Microsurgical disc surgery Posterior foraminotomy Total disc replacement • Degenerative lumbar spine ALIF Microsurgical disc surgery Microsurgical spinal stenosis Open stabilisation PLIF TLIF Total disc replacement • Dysraphic conditions Chiari malformation surgery Diastematomyelia surgery Filum terminal sectioning Myelomenigocele repair • Osteoporotic spine Vertebroplasty • Rheumatoid cervical spine C1/C2 stabilisation Craniocervical stabilisation Transoral decompression • Sacral tumor Sacrectomy • Special procedures Cervical laminoplasty Cervical pedicle screw procedures Congenital deformities En-bloc spondylectomies High grade spondylolisthesis / spondyloptosis Navigation procedures (CT-based, Fluoro-, ISO-C) Neuromonitoring Sacroiliac joint fusion • Spinal cord injury Intrathecal pump placement • Thoracic & lumbar trauma Anterior thoracic and lumbar reconstruction Paediatric spine trauma Thoracic & lumbar stabilisation • Thoracic & lumbar tumor Anterior thoracic and lumbar reconstruction En-bloc spondylectomy Intraspinal tumor surgery Thoracic & lumbar stabilisation Vertebroplasty • Thoracolumbar deformity Congenital deformities Kyphotic deformities Scoliotic deformities Spondylolisthesis Spondyloptosis |
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Types of fellowships
Average number of surgeries per week in the OR for the fellow: 15 – 20
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