Dr Dheeraj Batheja

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Education

• MBBS (MAMC), MS Ortho (UCMS), DNB, MNAMS, MRCS(ENG)

Current work

Associate consultant : Spine surgery, Orthopaedics, Artemis, Gurugram

Past Experience

• Clinical Associate, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi
• Trauma Fellow - St. Richards Hospital, Western Sussex NHS Trust, UK
• SPINE FELLOW – The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, UK
• Global Spine Diploma – AO Spine, Davos, Switzerland

Training courses

• A.O. Basic Trauma Course (2016)
• A.O. Advance Trauma Course (2017)
• Spine Cadaveric Course- Deformity correction (2017)
• Endoscopic Spine Course- Cadaveric (2017)
• MIS spine cadaveric course, Orthopaedic Institute, UK (2019)
• Spine Deformity correction Cadaveric course at Cambridge, UK (2019)
• A.O Spine diploma course – (2020- 2022)
• Endospine Cadaveric course - 2022

Professional Membership

• Indian Medical Association - 2014 onwards
• Delhi Orthopaedic Association - 2014 onwards
• Indian Orthopaedic Association - 2017 onwards
• National Academy of Medical Sciences - 2017 onwards
• Membership of Royal College of Surgery(England) - 2017 onwards
• General Medical Council (GMC) Registration - 2018 onwards
• Society of Lateral Access Surgeons (SOLAS, USA) - 2019 onwards
• AO Spine Member - 2020 onwards

Honors and Awards

Procedures - Spine Surgery

• Fractures – Fixation, Minimal invasive fixation, Pars Repair, Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty.
• Degenerative spine
  • Lumbar spine - Decompression and fusion including TLIF, PLIF, PLF, Anterior and lateral spine fusion surgery.
  • Cervical spine – Decompression and fusion surgery including ACDF, Posterior spine laminectomy and fusion, lateral mass fixation.
• Minimally invasive spine surgery – MIS decompression (ULBD), MIS fusion and Fracture fixation.
• Endoscopic spine – Endoscopic spine decompression and discectomy.
• Scoliosis – Adult and paediatric spine scoliosis.
• Spine infection – Spine biopsy and fixation and fusion surgery.
• Spine tumours – Biopsy, MIS Fixation and decompression.

Publications:

• Femoral fracture acting as an "ominous masquerade" in a 7-year-old child. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2016 Oct-Dec;7(Suppl 1):27-29. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2016.10.005. Epub 2016 Oct 17. PMID: 28018066; PMCID: PMC5167508.
• Giant Cell Tumor of the Calcaneus. Cureus. 2020 Mar 30;12(3):e7467. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7467. PMID: 32351846; PMCID: PMC7187992.
• 3) Sagittal Balance, Pulmonary Function, and Spinopelvic Parameters in Severe Post-Tubercular Thoracic Kyphosis. Asian Spine J. 2021 May 10. doi: 10.31616/asj.2020.0464. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33957743.
• Pediatric Anterior Transolecranon Fracture-Dislocation of the Elbow: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Indian J Orthop. 2021 Apr 17;55(Suppl 2):508-512. doi: 10.1007/s43465-021-00400-x. PMID: 34306568; PMCID: PMC8275700.
• Contiguous Three- Level Vertebral Collapse in Thoracic Spine: A Novel Presentation of Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis in 12 years old and Review of Literature. Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports 2021 June;11(6): 57-62.
• A systematic review of MIS and open decompression surgery for spinal metastases in the last two decades. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2021 Sep 25;22:101596. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2021.101596. PMID: 34631409; PMCID: PMC8488238.
• Lateral lumbar interbody fusion in adult spine deformity - A review of literature. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2021 Sep 20;22:101597. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2021.101597. PMID: 34722145; PMCID: PMC8531858.
• Isolated costotransverse joint tuberculosis - A rare location for tubercular arthritis. Surg Neurol Int. 2022 Jun 23;13:266. doi: 10.25259/SNI_398_2022. PMID: 35855173; PMCID: PMC9282816.

Presentations:

• Can We Trust Registry Data? A Review of The United Kingdom’s National Hip Fracture Database Accuracy – EFFORT -2021
• Minimally Invasive Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity: Efficacy and Complications According to MiSLAT classification.- BRIT SPINE 2021
• To evaluate role of Imprint cytology as an early diagnostic modality compared with histopathology in vertebral lesions – SICOT 2019
• Clinical efficacy and feasibility of one-stage combined Posterolateral and anterolateral decompression, for thoraco-lumbar tuberculosis using pedicle screw instrumentation and global fusion via a Posterior-only approach- SICOT 201
• Functional and radiological outcome of long segment posterior constructs in unstable thoraco lumbar fractures – IOACON 2014
• Functional and radiological outcome of long segment posterior constructs in unstable thoraco lumbar fractures – DOACON 2014