New Delhi, May 3 -- A surgical technique pioneered at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences by Prof Bhavuk Garg is being seen as a major breakthrough in treating patients with severe and complex spinal deformities.

Over the past seven years, the procedure has helped patients who earlier faced very high surgical risks and limited treatment options.

The technique is a modified form of posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR), a complex surgery used to correct rigid spinal deformities. It was described in an international scientific publication in 2020. According to the study, the modified method preserves certain posterior spinal elements until later stages of the surgery, improving stability during correction and helping reduce ...