Minimally Invasive & Complex Spine Surgery
Minimally Invasive & Complex Spine Surgery covers the full range of spine care — from keyhole procedures that treat disc and nerve problems through tiny openings, to advanced reconstructive surgery for the most challenging spinal conditions. Dr. Rahul Prasad, with fellowship training in this field, uses modern imaging and precise techniques to relieve pain, restore stability, and support a faster return to normal life.
What is Minimally Invasive & Complex Spine Surgery?
Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) treats spinal problems through very small openings, gently separating muscles instead of cutting them, which means less pain and quicker recovery. Complex spine surgery addresses more advanced conditions — such as deformity, instability, multi-level disease, tumours, or failed previous surgery — that require careful reconstruction, fixation, and stabilisation. Dr. Rahul Prasad combines both approaches, choosing the least invasive option that safely and effectively resolves each patient’s condition.
Common Symptoms
- Spinal Deformity & Scoliosis
- Spinal Instability
- Spinal Fractures
- Failed Back Surgery & Revision Cases
- Slipped Disc (Herniated Disc)
- Sciatica
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease
Conditions Treated
- Persistent back or neck pain
- Pain radiating into the arms or legs
- Numbness or tingling in the limbs
- Weakness in the arms, legs, or feet
- Difficulty walking or standing long
- Stiffness or reduced movement
- Spinal curvature or deformity
- Loss of bladder or bowel control
Treatment Highlights
Our treatment combines advanced spinal imaging, minimally invasive keyhole techniques, precise nerve decompression, complex reconstruction and fixation, neuronavigation, muscle-preserving approaches, and comprehensive post-operative rehabilitation for the best possible outcomes.
Why Choose Dr. Rahul Prasad?
Dr. Rahul Prasad holds a clinical fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Surgery and offers expert spine care with advanced surgical technology, evidence-based treatment, personalised care plans, and a strong focus on patient safety and faster recovery.
Benefits
This approach can relieve back, neck, and nerve pain, restore spinal stability and alignment, reduce muscle and tissue damage, minimise blood loss, lower the risk of complications, shorten hospital stays, and support early mobilisation and faster recovery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Minimally invasive surgery treats spinal problems through small openings with less tissue damage, while complex spine surgery addresses advanced conditions like deformity or instability that need reconstruction and fixation. Many cases combine both.
Not always. It is ideal for many disc and nerve conditions, but complex or advanced cases may need traditional or reconstructive surgery. The right approach is decided after careful evaluation.
Yes. With advanced imaging, neuronavigation, and experienced spine surgical care, both minimally invasive and complex spine procedures are safe and highly precise.
Minimally invasive patients often recover within a few weeks, while complex reconstructive surgery may take several weeks to a few months with structured rehabilitation.
MS, MCh (Neurosurgery), Spine Fellowship (USA & South Korea)
Dr. Rahul Prasad