Sujata Chaudhary a 24-year-old girl from lucknow, who had undergone a delicate spinal surgery couple of years ago at Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) New Delhi, has shown remarkable improvement and has “bounced back” with her modeling career. ISIC said that she set the “ramp on fire” in the recent Mr and Miss UP Vogue Fashion Show 2017 where she went on to become the first runner-up in the competition.
“From being a patient of a rare spinal deformity called spondyloptosis to achieve a doctorate in dentistry, Sujata has broken all barriers and today is a role model for the youth of the town by becoming one of the winners of the prestigious beauty pageant,” said ISIC.
ISIC said Sujata had spondyloptosis, which is a rare congenital deformity in the spine characterized by complete slip of one vertebra over another. However, the ailment was undiagnosed and she carried on with her life until in 2009 when she started experience severe pain. Her initial efforts of Yoga did not reap any benefit, and she went for medical counsel to a number of leading hospitals across India.
But ironically, every healthcare facility she visited either put her on medication or expressed very low chances of recovering from a spinal surgery. This continued until she visited the Indian Spinal Injuries Center (ISIC) in January 2014, and met Dr Vikas Tandon, Consultant Spine Surgeon, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre.
“Sujata’s spinal deformity was progressive in nature, which aggravated over the years to show severe signs of pain and lumber canal stenosis, at age of 22 years, she visited our centre complaining of sever back pain, difficulty in walking and performing activities of daily living. In her case, over the years, her deformity caused one of the spinal vertebrae to Jump over another because of congenital defect in her spine, putting severe pressure on the nerve roots, which was the cause of severe pain. She underwent a cumulatively 14-hour, highly delicate, three-staged surgery called Gaines Procedure, over a period of two days, in which the front and the back of the spine were opened up for the surgery,” said Dr. Vikas Tandon, who personally treated the patient.
After a brief comprehensive rehabilitation, she was able to walk, gradually recovering, and she began to conduct daily activities. Back in her home town, she continued physiotherapy, determined to become as fit as possible. In a matter of few months she was back again to life with full spark.
“Gaines procedure is one of the major surgeries that a spine surgeon performs. Probably for the first time in Northern India, there has been a case where a patient after undergoing such a major surgery bounced back to life and has gone up to become a winner at a leading beauty pageant,” said Dr HS Chhabra, Medical Director & Chief of Spine Services at ISIC.
The ISIC provides state of the art facilities for the management of all types of spinal ailments. It has a team of dedicated, internationally trained and acclaimed spine surgeons providing cutting edge medical and surgical technology.