DR. RAGHAVA DUTT MULUKUTLA

Dr Raghava Dutt Mulukutla is the Director and Chief of Spine Surgery at Udai Omni Hospital and Apollo Health City.

He served as the President of the Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI) 2017-19 and the Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States (OASIS) 2019-20. He founded the Twin Cities Spine Association. He is an Editorial Board Member of Indian Spine Journal, Asian Spine Journal, and editor-in-chief of Journal of Oasis. He is a reviewer for several National and International Spine journals. He was a faculty at Osmania University. As a Regional Faculty of AOSPINE Asia Pacific, he is involved in teaching and training activities in Spine in the Asia Pacific region. He is now collaborating with Universities and manufacturers in the USA and Indian defence laboratories to develop implants, prosthetics and exoskeletons. Dr Raghava Dutt Mulukutla is the Series Editor for 10 Spine Monographs published for the first time and started the Indian Spine journal in 2018 for the Association of Spine Surgeons of India.

• Past President: Association of Spine Surgeons of India (2017-2019)
• Past President: Association of Spine Surgeons of India (2017-2019)
• Past President: Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States (OASIS)
• Editor in Chief: Journal Of OASIS
• Former Editor: MY AOSPINE INDIA
• Editorial Board Member: Indian Spine Journal; Asian Spine Journal
• Reviewer: Spine, Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, Indian Spine Journal
• Former Executive Member: Indian Orthopaedic Association
• Faculty Asia Pacific: AOSpine International
• Founder: Twin Cities Spine Association
• Member: Orthopaedic Surgeons Society of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka.
• Member: Indian Medical Association
• Member: Various National and International spine organisations.

Faculty positions

• International Chairman: AOSpine International
• National and Asia Pacific Regional Faculty: AOSpine International
• National Faculty: Association of Spine Surgeons of India
• National Faculty: Indian Orthopaedic Association
• Faculty Department of Biomedical Engineering: Osmania University
• Advisor: To various organisations for advancing research in Spine

Expertise

• Lumbar Disc Surgery: Endoscopic and Microscopic Discectomy
• Spinal Stenosis: Surgery for Lumbar spinal stenosis
• Cervical disc / Cervical spondylosis- Myelopathy: Cervical discectomy and fusion; Cervical disc replacement; Posterior decompression and instrumentation
• Correction of Spondylolisthesis: Reduction and correction of spondylolisthesis, including high-grade listhesis.
• Minimally invasive spine surgeries (MISS): surgical treatment of various spine disorders through keyhole surgeries and minimal access surgeries using the most modern technology.
• Scoliosis – Kyphosis: Extensive experience correcting spinal deformities, including Paediatric and adult spinal deformities. Surgery for Hemivertebrae and kyphotic deformities of Spine. Complex reconstruction of adult Scoliosis deformities, spinal osteotomies and vertebral resections.
• Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: Management of Osteoporotic fractures and malignancies through pinhole surgeries.
• Infections: Surgical management of Tuberculosis and other infections of the spine as well as postoperative spinal infections.
• Trauma: Management of Cervical as well as Thoracolumbar trauma, including spinal fixations, Odontoid screw fixations and front back surgeries in complex cervical and thoracic fractures as well as in fractures of the lower back. Surgery for correction of neglected Spine Trauma
• Tumours and Cancers of Spine: Extensive complex surgery of spinal cord and vertebral tumours, including spine cancers. Minimally invasive surgery for Benign tumours of Spine.

Chapters in Text Books

1. Biomechanics Of Lumbar Spine: Textbook Of Orthopaedics, 2nd Edition, Jaypee 2007
2. Surgical Aspects Of Rheumatology: Manual Of Rheumatology (Official Text Book Indian Rheumatology Association) 4th Edition 2012
3. Two Chapters In ASSI Textbook Of Spinal Infections And Trauma
4. Postoperative Spondylodiscitis
5. Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
6. Chapters in the Textbook of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
7. Osteotomies in Early Onset Scoliosis: ASSI Monographs