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Overview
The duration of the Fellowship in Spine Surgery programme from Manipal Academy of Higher Education is 12 months. ONE candidate will be selected each year. The objective of this Fellowship is to train young Orthopaedic surgeons to deal with Orthopaedic problems of spine effectively. There is a need to improve the quality of care of spinal conditions in India. This can only be achieved if more surgeons are trained in this field.
Key Facts
- To undertake a comprehensive evaluation of patients with Congenital Scoliosis and Neuromuscular scoliosis
- To be conversant with the prescribing, measuring and checking the fitting of various spinal orthoses
- To effectively perform the following diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: Transforaminal injection of steroid, vertebroplasty, closed vertebral biopsy
- To be competent to perform surgical drainage of spinal infection, spinal decompression, basic spinal stabilizations etc. by the end of twelve months.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Spinal instrumentation – Basics (Screw designs, hook designs, Bone cement, growth rods, Vertebral tethering, Stapling, Artificial disc replacement etc.,)
- Metallurgy basics, Biomechanics and Applications.
- Functional / Scoring Systems in spine – Overview of importance of various scoring systems in different pathologies, validity and reliability such as ODI, SF-36, JOA score, etc
- The Pharmacologic Management of Spine Pain – axial and/or radicular
- Therapeutic Exercises for Low Back Pain and Neck Pain
- Bone Graft Substitutes – Concept of Bone healing, Bone graft substitutes
- Initial evaluation of polytrauma including head injury
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Manipal, India
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Minimum 2 years’ experience after MS Orthopaedics/DNB Orthopaedics/MCh Neurosurgery. The selection procedure would be as approved by the selection committee of Manipal Academy of Higher Education which includes the Co-ordinator of the training. There will be a fee as per the norms of the university and candidate will be given stipend.
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Tuition Fees
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