Mr Palaniappan Lakshmanan

Mr Palaniappan Lakshmanan
MBBS MS(Orth) AFRCS FRCS(Tr & Orth)

Consultant Spinal Surgeon

Mr Palaniappan Lakshmanan is a fellowship-trained Consultant Spinal Surgeon and established medico-legal expert. A consultant since 2010, he practises at Sunderland Royal Hospital and Spire Washington Hospital.

His work covers complex spinal disorders, minimally invasive techniques, interventions and orthopaedic trauma.

Mr Lakshmanan has undertaken expert witness work since 2010 and clinical negligence work since 2011. He accepts claimant, defendant and Single Joint Expert instructions in personal injury and clinical negligence.

His clear, balanced, CPR Part 35-compliant reports address breach of duty, causation, prognosis, treatment, rehabilitation and functional impact.

Appointments are available within 1-2 weeks and reports completed within 2-3 weeks once records and imaging are received.

His specialist areas of expertise include:

• Neck/back pain, whiplash, accidents, spinal/orthopaedic trauma, fractures, spinal cord injury and neurological deficit.
• Disc prolapse, sciatica, radiculopathy, stenosis, spondylolisthesis, cervical/thoracic myelopathy and adult deformity.
• Cauda equina syndrome: missed red flags, delayed diagnosis, decompression timing and bladder, bowel, sexual and neurological consequences.
• Osteoporotic, odontoid and sacral fractures, including ankylosing spondylitis and DISH.
• Discitis, osteomyelitis, epidural abscess, spinal tumours and metastatic cord compression.
• Surgical complications/failed surgery: nerve injury, dural tear/CSF leak, infection, implant failure, non-union, wrong-level and revision surgery.
• Injections, epidurals, discography, decompression, fusion, disc replacement, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and minimally invasive fixation.

He completed a 12-month Complex Spine and Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Fellowship at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, followed by advanced minimally invasive and microsurgical training at the AO Spine Centre, Schon Klinik Munchen Harlaching.

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