1. SPINE SURGERY at its BEST!
MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS:
 MBBS-M P Shah Medical college, Jamnagar, Saurashtra University
 MS(Orthopedics)-M P Shah Medical college, Jamnagar, Saurashtra University
 DNB fellowship in Spine Surgery from Asia’s largest spine institute, Indian Spinal Injuries
center, New Delhi under guidance of Dr H S Chhabra
 Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Disc Arthroplasty from Magdeburg
University, Germany under guidance of Dr Jorg Frenke
 Fellowship in Stem cell research from Milan University, Italy under guidance of professor Dr
Alfredo Gorio
ACHIEVEMENT AND AWARDS:
 National Gold Medalist in final examination of DNB fellowship in Spine Surgery for getting first
rank among all India candidates.
 Dr Patrick Kluger award for Best published paper for the year 2011 in the field of Spine
Surgery for his research paper tiltled ‘Thoracic myelopathy due to ossification of ligamentum
flavum: a retrospective analysis of predictors of surgical outcome and preoperative neurological
status’,Feb 2011,European Spine Journal, 20(2), 205-15
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
 Endoscopic Spine Surgery for Degenerative spinal disorders like Disc prolapse, Lumbar canal
stenosis
 Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery for many spinal diseases including spinal fractures
 Pediatric and Adult Spinal Deformity correction and spinal osteotomies for like Kyphosis,
Scoliosis and Spondylolisthesis
 Total Disc Replacemet(TDR) of cervical and lumbar spine for degenerative disc problems
 Complex reconstructive spinal surgeries for Spinal Tumours and Spinal Tuberculosis
 Kyphoplasty /Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic and pathological spinal fractures
 Anterior and posterior cervical surgeries for cervical disc prolapse and cervical myelopathy
 Occipito-cervical junction surgeries for upper cervical injuries and instabilities
 Anterior and posterior spinal fixations of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:
Dr Amish Sanghvi  Presented more than 20 papers at various national and international conferences
MS(Ortho), DNB fellow (Spine), FMISS(Germany), FSCT(Italy) INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
 SANGHVI AV, Chhabra HS, Nigam V, Tandon V, Mascarenhas AA. Permanent cardiac
Consultant Spine surgeon and Rehabilitation specialist pacemaker for cardiac arrest following cervico-dorsal spinal injury. European Spine Journal. 2009
amishsanghvi@rediffmail.com, M-9998043393 July;18 Suppl 2:254-7.
 SANGHVI AV, Chhabra HS, Mascarenhas AA, Mittal VK, Sangondimath GM. Thoracic myelopathy
due to ossification of ligamentum flavum – A retrospective analysis of predictors of surgical
outcome and factors affecting preoperative neurological status, European Spine Journal, Feb-
2011, 20(2),205-15.
 SANGHVI AV, Chhabra HS, Mascarenhas AA, Tandon V, Nanda A, Mittal VK, Sangondimath GM.
Thoracolumbar spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality in an adult, In:Journal of Bone
and Joint Surgery (American volume)(under publication).

2. Spinal tumour – Early diagnosis and timely
surgery is the key to success
29 year woman with incidently diagnosed asymptomatic benign
osteoblastoma in D7 lamina when she got MRI for neck pain. Dr Amish
Sanghvi explained them the risks of future progression of tumour which
can lead to spinal cord compression and paraplegia. Surgery for removal
of tumour was therefore necessary but the surgery also carries a high risk
of paraplegia if not done properly at D7 level. The tumour was removed
successfully en-bloc (in one piece) and D6-D8 pedicle screw stabilization
was done. The woman was walking next day of surgery and is at present
completely symptom free doing her all activities of daily living.
Preoperative MRI and CT of D7 Osteoblastoma Postoperative x-rays after excision and fixation

3. Cervical fracture fixation – High cervical anterior
approaches are now possible
35 year old woman with Hangman’s fracture type-3
(traumatic spondylolisthesis of C2) with intact
neurology . Dr Sanghvi did C2-C3 anterior
cervical fusion and plating to achieve stability.
Preoperative CT showing Traumatic spondylolisthesis of C2 Postop C2-3 Anterior ACDF+plating

4. Spinal Tuberculosis and deformity correction in 3 year child
– Future risk of paraplegia avoided
The problem of childhood kyphosis and scoliosis need an early intervention to prevent
future problems and this 3 year girl had 65 degrees of kyphosis due to complete
destruction of D12-L1 bodies due to active tuberculosis. The girl was crying in pain
and was unable to stand and walk due to severe pain and kyphosis. The medical
management of Tubeculosis will eradicate the bacilli but not kyphosis. Such high
degree kyphosis if not corrected can lead to paraparesis due to cord compression as
the child will continue to collapse forward with growth. Hence the surgery was carried
out to correct and stabilize the kyphosis with posterior pedicle screw fixation and
transpedicular corpectomy and anterior bone grafting from posterior approach. AKT
was continued then to achieve eradication of disease. The girl is currently running
and playing without any problems.
Preoperative MRI and x rays showing 65 Correction and anterior+posterior fusion
degrees kyphosis

5. Paraplegia due to spinal fracture is not the end of the world – Its time
that we wake up!
• We all know that spinal fracture carries a high risk of permanent paralysis. Many times it does not recover
completely. Most of the surgeons after operating these patients forget the main aspect of treatment and that is
REHABILITATION. Such patients who remain permanently paraplegic/quadriplegic due to massive spinal cord
injury loose their profession and independence in the society. The develop a massive psychological depression
and live a miserable life. How many times do we really think that with current advances in spinal surgery
and rehabilitation they can be made completely independent in the society? They just need a structured
plan of rehabilitation which includes,
• Bladder/Bowel care, wheel-chair designing, Transfers and mobility training, self-care, assistive
techniques, home-modifications, vocational counseling, sports and outdoor training, sexual and fertility
training and above all self-earning and self-confidence.
• Vigorous efforts with latest methods of rehabilitation will not only make them independent but also gain self-
confidence. Dr Amish Sanghvi is not only a qualified spine surgeon but he has taken a specialized training in
Rehabilitation at Indian Spinal Injuries center who has the largest Rehabilitation Department of ASIA. We
therefore request all of you to refer these unaware paraplegica/quadriplegics to Dr Amish Sanghvi and his
rehabilitation team to make them live an independent and happy life in the society.
From Bed to Active life