Prof. Shahzad Shams presently works as Chairman and Head of Neurosurgery at King Edward Medical University & Mayo Hospital Lahore, Pakistan.
Latest Techniques for Spine Surgery
- Endoscopic Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Fixation MIS
- Percutaneus Transpedicular Fixation
- Open Transpedicular Fixation Spine Fixation
- Anterior Cervical Cage Fixation ACDF with Cage Fusion
- Extreme Lateral Spinal Fusion
Cervical Spine Surgery
These days for Cervical spine anterior titanium cage fixation , anterior plate fixation are done. Anteriorly peek material and charite mobile discs are placed. Microscope and Exoscopes and Endoscopes are used peroperatively by Prof Shahzad to give excellent results and complete recovery.
Thoracic Spine Surgery
For Thoracic spine Endoscopic, Thoracoscopic spine surgery and Anterior thoracotomy is done to fix spine anteriorly by using expandable titanium cages, Lateral body fixation with cages, screws and rods or plates. Posterior transpedicularscrew fixation is gold standard.
Lumbar Spine Surgery
For Lumbosacral spine Anterior retroperitoneal approaches are used and cage fixations can be done and poserioriorly transpedicular fixations are performed with titanium screws and rods.
