Hospital averts paralysis for 111-kg,15-year-old with dislocated spinal disc

Bengaluru: Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta Road successfully treated a 15-year-old boy weighing 111 kgs, suffering from a severely dislocated spinal disc, by performing a life-saving spine surgery procedure known as ‘Micro-Lumbar Discectomy’. The team of doctors led by Dr. Ganesh V, Senior Consultant – Neurosurgeon, Fortis Hospital Cunningham Road, performed an hour-long surgery which ended the