Dr Vikas Gupte is a best spine surgeon in mumbai who is one of the best in the country in performing Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Spine Surgery. He has over 24 years of expertise in this sector and has conducted several successful and complex surgeries. He is one of the few surgeons in India who provides a variety of surgical therapies for disc disorders (PELD, MED) including microdiscectomy. Dr Vikas Gupte was part of a team of specialists at Fortis Hospital Mulund that performed spine surgery using a minimally invasive computer-guided navigation approach that allowed a 60-year-old woman with a degenerative spine to gets back on her feet in less than a month. For the first time, this approach has been effectively applied in India.
He graduated from Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, India with an M.B.B.S. in 1982 and an MS in Orthopedics in 1988. After gaining experience in private practice, he underwent Specialized International Clinical fellowship Training in Minimal Invasive and Endoscopic Spine Surgery at Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. He has worked as a consultant at Mumbai's M.T. Agarwal Municipal General Hospital and Mumbai's Pragati Hospital and is currently associated with Fortis Hospital, Mulund, Mumbai.
Dr Vikas Gupte has been Awarded E-Merck Traveling Fellowship for the year 1988 by Bombay Orthopedic Society and the Certificate of Appreciation by Narayan Seva Mandal, 1989 for the welfare of Needy Handicapped. And also published an article on “Synovial sarcoma metastasis to the thoracic spine, a rare case” in the December 2012 issue of “European Orthopedics and Traumatology”
Treatments
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy
- Cervical Corpectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy for Spine
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Revision Spine Surgery
- Spinal Fusion Surgery
- Spondylitis
- Slip Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Disc Herniation
- Prolapsed Disc
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Spinal Endoscopic Surgery
- Spine Tumour Surgery
- Spinal Cord Injury - Stem Cell Treatment
What is Spinal Stenosis?
A collection of connected bones (or vertebrae) and shock-absorbing discs make up your spine. It safeguards your spinal cord, which is a vital component of the central nervous system that links your brain and body. The cord is held in place by the channel created by your vertebrae. Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the gaps in your spine, putting pressure on the nerves that run through it. The lower back and neck are the most common sites for spinal stenosis. Some persons with spinal stenosis don't show any signs or symptoms. Pain, tingling, numbness, and muscular weakness may be experienced by others. Symptoms might become more severe over time. Spinal stenosis generally takes a long time to develop. Osteoarthritis, or “wear-and-tear” changes in the spine that develop naturally as you age, are the most prevalent causes.
Types of Spinal Stenosis
The many forms of spinal stenosis are categorised based on where the disease arises in the spine. It is possible to have many types. There are two forms of spinal stenosis.
- Cervical stenosis is a narrowing of the neck region of the spine.
- Lumbar stenosis is a narrowing of the lower back region of the spine. It's the most common form of spinal stenosis.
Spinal Stenosis Symptoms
- Lower back pain is a common condition. Pain can range from a dull ache or tenderness to an electric or burning feeling. Sometimes the pain is more of a pins-and-needles tingling sensation. Sciatica, An discomfort in the lower back or buttocks precede these shooting sensations down your leg.
- In rare situations, loss of leg motor function, as well as bowel or bladder function, can occur.
- Numbness or tingling in a hand, arm, foot or leg
- Cauda equina syndrome: This is the nerve portion of your spinal cord towards the bottom. If your spinal stenosis compresses this region, you may lose sensation in your pelvic area and have incontinence. If left untreated, it might result in permanent nerve damage. This is a medical emergency.
Spinal Stenosis Treatment
If non-surgical treatment (as mentioned above) does not improve symptoms, a doctor may prescribe surgery. There are several types of spinal surgeries available, and a neurosurgeon will assist evaluate which treatment is best for the patient based on the circumstances. Decompressive laminectomy is the most common lumbar spine surgery, in which the laminae (roofs) of the vertebrae are removed to allow more space for the nerves.
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