The Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Bhubaneswar, which is creating state-of-art infrastructure to offer advanced spinal treatment, on Sunday witnessed live spinal surgeries by eminent surgeons from across the country at the conclusion of the four-day-long ICS 2022 organised by the Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI).
The demonstration was carried out for 100 participants who attended the Instructional Course in Spine (ICS 2022) exposing them to the advancement of spinal surgery. A cadaveric workshop on spine was also held to demonstrate the skills for the ASSI members under the leadership of ASSI president Dr Shankar Acharya.
Dr Acharya said, “It takes more than two decades to train a spine surgeon to make the surgeon tuned with the latest navigation technology.”
“Technology is evolving; so, now we are using computer navigation, with real time neuro monitoring. We do implants in spine surgery and we are doing it through navigation. We are in a different sphere all together,” he underlined.
On making state-of-art spine centres in cities like Bhubaneswar, Dr Acharya said, “It’s nice to start a centre, but investment wise and roping in the right, dedicated and passionate spine surgeons to manage it takes a lot of time. We want to have a team first. You can get an F-16 and park it somewhere; but without a trained fighter pilot, others would crash the giant machine, so training surgeons without proper training would lead to disaster.”
Dr Acharya shared his dream to create a “pool of skilled spine surgeons across the nation”. KIIT Group of Institutions founder Dr Achyuta Samanta also addressed the event.