Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Team of spine care unit-
assoc. prof.--one 
sr. resident-four
post graduate resident-six
jr. resident -variable
intern--variable

Working schedule-
OPD- tues. & friday
CIO (central institute of orthopaedics) building
Ground floor ,room no. -6
Timing- 9am to 1pm

Operation day-Monday and Thursday

Indoor-
Spine care unit -ward 29-A is twenty bedded exclusive for spine patients.
Well equipped with nursing staffs and physiotherapist.

Facilities -
(As per central govt. norms)
-free consultation
-Admission -no bed charges
Surgery
(All types of spine surgery are being done)
-Tuberculosis of spine-
-tuberculosis of spine-all types of decompression and fixations
-disc surgery :-disectomy,fusion,disc replacement etc.
-spine deformity :-( all types of surgery is done for differenet deformity)
spodylolisthesis ,kyphosis, scoliosis,congenital deformity etc.
-cervical spondylosis,lumbar spondylosis(aging /degenerative disease)

Monday, April 23, 2012

Pott's disease is a presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that affects the spine, a kind of tuberculous arthritis of the intervertebral joints. It is named after Percivall Pott (1714–1788), a London surgeon who trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. The lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebrae are the areas of the spine most often affected. Scientifically, it is called tuberculous spondylitis and it is most commonly localized in the thoracic portion of the spine. Pott’s disease results from haematogenous spread of tuberculosis from other sites, often pulmonary. The infection then spreads from two adjacent vertebrae into the adjoining intervertebral disc space. If only one vertebra is affected, the disc is normal, but if two are involved, the disc, which is avascular, cannot receive nutrients and collapses. The disc tissue dies and is broken down by caseation, leading to vertebral narrowing and eventually to vertebral collapse and spinal damage. A dry soft tissue mass often forms and superinfection is rare.