Profile Summary

Qualification & Experience:

Consultant Spine Surgeon

Area of expertise:
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Micro-Endoscopic Spine Surgery Complex Spinal Reconstruction for Degeneration, Fractures, Infections and Tumours, Advanced Correction of Spinal Deformity, Scoliosis and Kyphosis Lateral Access Lumbar Spine surgery.

Education :
MS (Ortho, AIIMS), FNB Spine Surgery, Advanced Spinal Deformity Fellowship UK
Royal College of Surgeons (Edin, UK) Certified Fellowship in Spine Surgery
National Board certified Fellowship in Spine Surgery

Introduction:

Dr. Manish Kothari is an expert in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. He brings his rich experience in advanced techniques of spine surgery from UK where he worked as a Consultant. He has expertise in the treatment of back pain, sciatica and neck pain. He offers non -operative as well as minimally invasive techniques for the treatment and early recovery of various spinal ailments. He has a wide experience in Nerve Root Block injection techniques for the treatment of sciatica that often helps to avoid surgery. He offers Micro-Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for sciatica which allows quick recovery and minimal pain. He has special skills in Microscopic-Tubular "Over the Top" Decompression for spinal stenosis. He is an expert in Percutaneous Vertebroplasty/ Kyphoplasty for osteoporotic spinal fractures. He has a vast international experience in various spinal fusion techniques and implants. He also offers motion preservation surgery with cervical disc replacements as an alternative to fusion and Dynamic Stabilization of the Lumbar spine for chronic pain and stenosis. He has an extensive experience in non-operative treatment of scoliosis with dynamic braces. For surgical cases, he offers state-of-the-art techniques of deformity correction with Segmental Direct Vertebral Rotation for Scoliosis which avoids removal of rib cage usually required with older techniques. He is well experienced with various Growing Spine Systems including MAGEC rods for Early Onset Scoliosis.

Awards & Publications : 

He is certified by the Royal college of Surgeons Edin, UK as well as National Board, New Delhi. He is a member of the prestigious British Association of Spine Surgeons (BASS). He is also an AOSpine research grant awardee. He was awarded Best Post-Graduate by the Delhi Orthopaedic Association. He has numerous national and international original research articles as well as book chapters and has trained fellows in UK.