Spine Surgery at KG Hospital, Coimbatore
From minimally invasive discectomy for a slipped disc to navigated deformity correction and spinal cord tumour surgery — KG Hospital covers the complete range of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine procedures without the need to travel to a metro city.
KG Hospital’s MISS programme covers the full range of fusion and decompression procedures through tubular and percutaneous approaches — dramatically reducing muscle damage, blood loss and recovery time. We perform TLIF and OLIF fusion procedures, decompression and foraminotomy for canal stenosis, and percutaneous screw instrumentation for deformity correction. Minimally invasive fixation for fracture spine and vertebroplasty / kyphoplasty are also performed through percutaneous approaches.
- Incision: 1–2 cm vs 8–15 cm in open surgery
- Hospital stay: 1–3 days vs 4–7 days open
- Recovery: 2–4 weeks vs 6–8 weeks for open
- Blood loss: significantly less — transfusion rarely needed
- Infection risk: lower due to smaller wound exposure
A prolapsed intervertebral disc (PIVD, or “slipped disc”) is the most common indication for spine surgery. Surgery is indicated for failure of conservative treatment, progressive neurological deficit, or cauda equina syndrome. KG Hospital performs full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy through a 7 mm working channel — a true day surgery — alongside tubular microdiscectomy and standard microscopic discectomy for more complex cases.
For cervical disc disease causing arm pain (radiculopathy) or spinal cord compression (myelopathy), ACDF (Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion) is the standard treatment. Through a small incision at the front of the neck, the disc is removed, the cord and nerve root decompressed, and a cage inserted to restore height and stability. Most ACDF patients are discharged in 2–3 days.
Spinal fusion permanently joins two or more vertebrae to eliminate painful motion at unstable spinal segments. KG Hospital performs all fusion approaches — TLIF, PLIF, ALIF, OLIF — using Stryker Neuronavigation for accurate pedicle screw and implant placement. MISS fusion approaches (TLIF and OLIF via tubular retractors) are used wherever anatomy permits, reducing muscle damage and recovery time while achieving the same fusion result. All stabilisation procedures for fracture spine, tumour reconstruction and deformity correction are performed with navigated instrumentation.
Fluoroscopy- and CT-guided spinal injections provide both diagnostic clarity and therapeutic relief — often avoiding or delaying the need for surgery. Nerve root (transforaminal) blocks treat radiculopathy from disc or foraminal stenosis. Caudal epidurals deliver steroid into the epidural space for lumbar disc-related leg pain. Discography precisely identifies the painful disc level before fusion. Facet joint injections and medial branch blocks manage facetogenic back pain, and ganglion blocks provide targeted relief for specific pain generators.
Our complex spinal surgery programme handles cases that few centres in Tamil Nadu manage without referral. Minimally invasive trans-thoracic discectomy accesses the thoracic spine through a small chest-wall window. Trans-oral and trans-mandibular approaches provide direct access to the anterior craniovertebral junction for decompression of bone or tumour. Occipito-cervical (OC) fusion and C1-C2 procedures stabilise the upper cervical spine. Vertebrectomy with cage reconstruction addresses tumours and infection. Degenerative scoliosis and anterior lumbar procedures complete the scope. Complex trauma to any spinal level is managed with immediate stabilisation and reconstructive strategies.
KG Hospital performs navigated instrumented spinal fusion for all types of scoliosis and spinal deformity — from adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) to complex adult degenerative deformity and kyphoscoliosis. Stryker Neuronavigation ensures accurate pedicle screw placement even in rotated, small, or osteoporotic vertebrae. IONM continuously monitors spinal cord and nerve root function throughout, allowing immediate corrective action if any signal changes. Congenital deformities including hemivertebra resection and growing rod constructs for young children are managed by our paediatric spine sub-team.
Spinal tumour surgery demands the highest level of neurological protection combined with oncological precision. Metastatic spine tumours are managed with decompression and stabilisation. Bony tumour vertebrectomy with custom cage reconstruction and
