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Verified Senior ConsultantOrthopaedic SurgeonYashoda Hospitals
Dr Kiran Kumar Lingutla
Qualifications:MBBS, MCh, FRCS, MRCS
Experience
21+ Years
Surgeries
1000+ Done
Primary Hospital
Yashoda Hospitals
Second Opinion
24–48h
Professional Background & Biography
Dr. Kiran Kumar Lingutla is a Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda, with over 20 years of experience in Orthopaedic Spine Surgery.
Clinical Focus & Areas of Expertise
Adult and Paediatric Spine Deformity Correction
Revision Spine Surgery
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Management of Spinal Tumours (Primary and Secondary)
Spinal Cord Injury
Key Procedures & Surgical Treatments
Degenerative Spinal Conditions (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar)-Fusion Surgeries and Disc Replacement
Minimally Invasive (Key Hole) Spinal Surgery
Spinal Trauma (Fractures and Dislocations) and Osteoporotic Fractures
Kyphoplasty/Vertebroplasty
Revision Spine Surgery
Management of Spinal Infections
Management of Spinal Tumours (Primary and Secondary)
Spinal Pain Management Injections
Osteoporosis Treatment
Spinal Herniated Disc Surgery
Positions & Hospital Appointments
Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at Yashoda Hospitals
Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at Salisbury District Hospital, UK
British Orthopaedic Association’s Senior Spine Surgery fellowship at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Speaker at IMAST meeting in Kuala Lumpur
Professional Memberships & Affiliations
Association of Spine Surgeons of India
AO Spine Member
Fellow-Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
North American Spine Society
Select Clinical Research & Publications
Sacroiliac joint fusion for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. K.Lingutla, R.Pollock, S.Ahuja-European Spine Journal. June 2016.
Outcome of lumbar spinal fusion surgery in obese patients: A systematic review & meta-analysis of observational studies-K. Lingutla, R Pollock, T. Friesem, M. Krishna. Bone and joint Journal-British Edition. October 2015
Does Position of Patient Affect Outcome of Sacral Epidural Injection for Sciatica? A Randomized Controlled Trial. The Spine Journal, Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages 119S-119S K. Lingutla, B. Purushothaman, G. Reddy, C. Bhatia, R. Pollock, T. Friesem, M. Krishna
Do Patients with Chronic Back Pain Sleep Well? The Spine Journal, Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages 160S- 161S B. Purushothaman, K. Lingutla, A. Singh, C. Bhatia, R. Pollock, M. Krishna
Donor site morbidity following iliac crest bone harvesting for cervical fusion: a comparison between minimally invasive and open techniques. Raymond Pollock, Ilhan Alcelik, Chandra Bhatia, Graham Chuter, Kiran Lingutla, Chakravarty Budithi, and Manoj Krishna Europeaan Spine J. 2008 June; 17(6): 845–852.
Podium Presentations at IMAST meeting July 8-11,2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Radiological Outcomes of PEEK vs Titanium Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody cages. Kiran Lingutla, Gudipati, Raymond Pollock,Paul Davies, Iqroop Chopra, Sashin Ahuja.
Podium Presentations at BASS meeting at Bath, UK March 2015. 1. Radiological Outcomes of PEEK vs Titanium Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody cages. Kiran Lingutla, Gudipati, Raymond Pollock,Paul Davies, Iqroop Chopra, Sashin Ahuja. 2. Sacroiliac joint fusion for low back pain: A systematic review and Meta analysis. Kiran Lingutla, Raymond Pollock, Sashin Ahuja. 3. Rootogram to success. S. Gudipathy, Kiran Lingutla, M. McCarthy.
Morphometric measurements of pedicles in Spondylolisthesis. Poster Presentation. BASS, UK March 2015. S. Gudipathy, Kiran Lingutla, S. Ahuja
PEEK on PEEK cervical disc replacement preserves cervical range of motion (one year results). Sandesh Lakkol, Kiran Kumar Lingutla, Razvan Taranu, J Kang, Guru Reddy, Tai Friesem. ISSAS Las Vegas 2011.
Early results of a new dynamic stabilization system used for the treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis. Sandesh Lakkol, Razvan Taranu, Kiran Kumar Lingutla, Manoj Krishna, Chandra K Bhatia.ISSAS Las Vegas 2011
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