Spinal tumours grow within or around the spinal cord — inside the cord (intramedullary, e.g. ependymoma, astrocytoma), within the covering membranes (intradural, e.g. neurofibroma, schwannoma, meningioma), or in the bones of the spine (often metastases from cancers elsewhere). As they grow, they compress the cord and nerves, causing pain and progressive weakness.
Dr. Nilesh Jain performs microsurgical excision of spinal tumours in Indore, including intramedullary tumours and CV-junction neurofibromas, using the operating microscope to remove the tumour while preserving the delicate spinal cord.
रीढ़ की हड्डी की गांठ से कमर दर्द और धीरे-धीरे पैरों में कमजोरी आती है। ज्यादातर गांठें बिना कैंसर वाली होती हैं और microscope से पूरी निकाली जा सकती हैं।
Symptoms of a spinal tumour
- Back or neck pain that is constant, progressive and worse at night
- Pain radiating along a nerve, like a band around the chest or down a limb
- Gradually increasing weakness or stiffness of the legs or hands
- Numbness that ascends from the feet upward
- Difficulty with balance and walking
- Bladder or bowel disturbance — a late and urgent sign
Treatment of spinal tumours
Most benign intradural tumours — schwannomas, neurofibromas, meningiomas — can be completely removed microsurgically, and complete removal is usually curative. Intramedullary tumours are operated under high magnification, opening the cord along safe planes to remove the tumour while protecting function.
Metastatic spinal tumours are managed for pain relief, cord decompression and stabilisation, combined with radiotherapy and treatment of the primary cancer. Spinal fixation is added whenever tumour removal affects stability.
Why patients choose Dr. Nilesh Jain
Dr. Nilesh Jain (M.B.B.S., M.S., M.Ch.) trained in neurosurgery at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute, Trivandrum — among India's premier neurosurgical centres — and has been a Consultant Neurosurgeon in Indore since 2010. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery (SAIMS) and holds a 4.8★ rating from 190+ Google reviews. Consultations are unhurried, investigations are advised only when needed, and surgery is recommended only when it genuinely helps.