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Dr. Prof. Bhavuk Garg Professor of Orthopaedics & Spine
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Surgical expertise

Surgical expertise

The higher-complexity and signature procedures that define the practice — each grounded in Dr. Garg's published clinical and research work.

  1. Complex & Severe Spinal Deformity Correction Severe, rigid spinal deformities sometimes cannot be corrected by standard methods. A vertebral column resection removes a segment of spine and realigns it — among the most demanding operations in spine surgery.
  2. Scoliosis Correction Surgery (Adult & Paediatric) Scoliosis is a sideways curvature with rotation of the spine. When a curve is large or progressive, correction surgery realigns the spine in three dimensions and stabilises it with instrumentation and fusion.
  3. Early-Onset Scoliosis & Growing-Rod Surgery Early-onset scoliosis is a spinal curve that appears before about ten years of age. Growth-friendly surgery aims to control the curve while allowing the spine, chest, and lungs to keep developing.
  4. Kyphosis Correction Surgery Kyphosis is an excessive forward (rounded) curvature of the spine. When it is severe, rigid, or progressive, correction surgery realigns the spine and stabilises it to restore balance and prevent further deterioration.
  5. Adult Spinal Deformity Correction Adult spinal deformity is an abnormal curvature or loss of balance of the spine in adulthood. Correction aims to restore the spine’s alignment — particularly its forward–backward (sagittal) balance — and relieve pain and disability.
  6. Robotic & Navigated Spine Surgery Robotic and navigated spine surgery use computer guidance — and sometimes a robotic arm — to plan and place spinal implants with high accuracy. They are tools that support the surgeon, not replacements for surgical judgement.
  7. Awake Spinal Fusion Awake spinal fusion is a spinal fusion carried out under regional (spinal) anaesthesia rather than general anaesthesia, in carefully selected patients, so the patient avoids being put fully to sleep.
  8. Spinal Trauma Fixation Spinal trauma fixation is surgery to stabilise a fractured or unstable spine after injury. It holds the injured segment in position with screws and rods so that bone can heal and the spinal cord and nerves are protected.
  9. Spinal Infections (Including Spinal Tuberculosis) Spinal infections include pyogenic (bacterial) infection and spinal tuberculosis. The mainstay of treatment is medical — antibiotics or prolonged anti-tubercular therapy — with surgery reserved for specific problems.
  10. Spinal Tumour Surgery Spinal tumour surgery treats growths affecting the spine — whether arising there (primary) or spread from elsewhere (metastatic). It aims to relieve pressure on the spinal cord, stabilise the spine, and where appropriate reconstruct it.
  11. Shoulder & Elbow Arthroplasty Shoulder and elbow arthroplasty is the surgical replacement of a damaged shoulder or elbow joint with an artificial implant. It aims to relieve pain and restore function in joints affected by arthritis, fracture, or other damage.
  12. Robotic Hip & Knee Replacement Robotic hip and knee replacement uses a surgeon-controlled robotic arm and three-dimensional planning to position implants with high precision, with the aim of better alignment, more reliable function and faster recovery.
  13. Revision Spine Surgery Revision spine surgery is a planned re-operation when a previous spine procedure has not given the expected result — because of incomplete decompression, non-union, adjacent-segment disease, hardware problems, infection, or recurrent deformity.
  14. Complex Trauma & Fracture Care Complex trauma and fracture care is the treatment of high-energy, multi-fragment, peri-articular, peri-implant, or non-united fractures — restoring length, alignment and stability so the bone can heal and the patient can move.