Dr MDS Sasidharan is a fellowship-trained Spine Surgeon with an overall 10 years of experience in this specialty. He is an expert in Endoscopic (Keyhole) Spine surgery, robotic and non-fusion (VBT) scoliosis surgery. He is trained under the stalwarts of Spine surgery in India and aboard with multiple fellowships to his credit. He has completed the prestigious ASSI (Association of Spine Surgeons of India) fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Sajan K. Hegde in Apollo Hospitals, AO Spine fellowship under Prof. Rajasekaran in Ganga hospitals and Endoscopic spine surgery training at multiple centers in South Korea and Germany.
Dr MDS Sasidharan's repertoire of work covers the entire gamut of spinal disorders including spinal deformity, tumors, spinal injuries, infection, and degenerative diseases. He has performed more than 5000 major & minor spinal surgeries so far with a wide variety of state-of-art procedures in the surgical management of spinal deformities scoliosis and kyphosis.
He is known for day-care key hole spine procedures which are the ultra-minimally invasive, with no blood loss, no scar, faster recovery, and quicker return to normalcy. He is one of the few surgeons in the world who is trained in performing Non-Fusion scoliosis surgery(VBT) for Scoliosis deformity correction. He has delivered many presentations and lectures at national and international conferences.
Training in Spine Surgery
- Advanced Endoscopic Spine Surgery Training 2023, in Scheon Klinik, Munich, Germany
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery Training 2023, in St. Anna, Herne, Germany
- Spine Deformity Training 2022, Seoul, South Korea
- AO Spine - Asia Pacific Spine fellowship 2021, Ganga Hospitals, Coimbatore, India
- Robotic and Complex Spine Surgery Fellowship 2021, Apollo Main Hospitals, Chennai, India.
- Training in Spine Surgery 2019, Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, India.
He is an esteemed and active member of National and International Spine societies including:
- AO Spine
- North American Spine Society
- Association of Spine Surgeons of India (Lifetime member)
- Indian Medical Association (Lifetime member)
- Indian Orthopedic Association (Lifetime member)
- Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association (Lifetime member)
- Chennai Ortho Spine Society (Lifetime member)
- Canara Spine Form, Mangalore (Founding member)
Expertise:
- Injection procedures for disc prolapse and spinal pain
- Endoscopic spine surgery
- Minimally invasive spine surgery
- Spinal Deformity correction – paediatric and adult
- Non Fusion Scoliosis Correction
- Cervical and Lumbar disc replacement
- Spinal fusion procedures
- Treatment of Spinal injuries and fractures
- Osteoporotic spinal fractures - Vertebroplasty, Balloon Kyphoplasty
- Spinal infections & Spinal tumour surgery
- Spinal deformity surgery
