Qualifications 

• MBBS, D’Ortho, MRCS (Edin) FRCS Ed (Tr & Ortho), MCh Ortho (UK)
• B.O.A Senior Spine Fellowship U.H.W, Cardiff, U.K

 Services offered 

• Degenerative spinal conditions – Cervical, thoracic, lumbar – Fusion surgeries and Disc replacement surgeries, Minimally Invasive (Key Hole) Spinal surgery
• Spinal Trauma (Fractures and Dislocations) and Osteoporotic Fractures
• Kyphoplasty/ Vertebroplasty
• Revision spine Surgery
• Management of spinal infections
• Management of spinal tumours (primary and secondary)
• Spinal pain management injections
• Osteoporosis Treatment
• Spinal Herniated Disc Surgery
• Spinal Deformity Correction (Adult & Paediatric)
• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
• Spine Surgery for Spinal Trauma

 Special Interest and Expertise  

• Minimal Access muscle sparing Lumbar spinal fusions
• Dynamic stabilization procedures
• Revision Spine Surgery
• Cervical and selective lumbar disc Arthroplasty and Fusion

 Professional Membership 

• Association of Spine surgeons of India
• AO spine member
• Fellow - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh U.K
• North American Spine Society member

 Research & Publications  

• Sacroiliac joint fusion for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis . -K.Lingutla, R.Pollock, S.Ahuja- European Spine Journal. June 2016.
• Outcome of lumbar spinal fusion surgery in obese patients: A systematic review & meta-analysis of observational studies- K.Lingutla,R Pollock, T.Friesem,M.Krishna. Bone and joint Journal –British edition. October 2015.
• Does Position of Patient Affect Outcome of Sacral Epidural Injection for Sciatica? A Randomized Controlled Trial The Spine Journal, Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages 119S-119S K. Lingutla, B. Purushothaman, G. Reddy, C. Bhatia, R. Pollock, T. Friesem, M. Krishna
• Do Patients with Chronic Back Pain Sleep Well? The Spine Journal, Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages 160S-161S B. Purushothaman, K. Lingutla, A. Singh, C. Bhatia, R. Pollock, M. Krishna
• Donor site morbidity following iliac crest bone harvesting for cervical fusion: a comparison between minimally invasive and open techniques Raymond Pollock, Ilhan Alcelik, Chandra Bhatia, Graham Chuter, Kiran Lingutla, Chakravarty Budithi, and Manoj Krishna Europeaan Spine J. 2008 June; 17(6): 845–852.
• Podium Presentations at IMAST meeting July 8-11,2015 ,Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia Radiological Outcomes of PEEK vs Titanium Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody cages. Kiran Lingutla, Gudipati, Raymond Pollock,Paul Davies, Iqroop Chopra, Sashin Ahuja.
• Podium Presentations at BASS meeting at Bath, UK March 2015. 1. Radiological Outcomes of PEEK vs Titanium Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody cages. Kiran Lingutla, Gudipati, Raymond Pollock,Paul Davies, Iqroop Chopra, Sashin Ahuja. 2. Sacroiliac joint fusion for low back pain: A systematic review and Meta analysis. Kiran Lingutla, Raymond Pollock, Sashin Ahuja. 3. Rootogram to success. S.Gudipathy, Kiran Lingutla, M.McCarthy.
• Morphometric measurements of pedicles in Spondylolisthesis. Poster Presentation. BASS, UK March 2015. S.Gudipathy, Kiran Lingutla, S.Ahuja
• PEEK on PEEK cervical disc replacement preserves cervical range of motion (one year results) -Sandesh Lakkol, Kiran Kumar Lingutla, Razvan Taranu, J Kang, Guru Reddy, Tai Friesem. ISSAS Las Vegas 2011.
• Early results of a new dynamic stabilization system used for the treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis. -Sandesh Lakkol, Razvan Taranu, Kiran Kumar Lingutla, Manoj Krishna, Chandra K Bhatia.ISSAS Las Vegas 2011
• Insomnia, anxiety and depression in patients with chronic back pain. BOA 2009 B Purushothaman, A Singh, K Lingutla, C Bhatia, R Pollock, M Krishna
• Does position of Patient Affect Outcome of Sacral Epidural Injection for Sciatica A RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL. NASS TORONTO Oct 2008 & EFFORT, Vienna. June 2009.Kiran Lingutla, C.Bhatia, G.Reddy, T.Friesem
• The effect of placement of the LP prestige disc on the segmental motion. SPINE WEEK. Geneva 2008. M. Hernandez, A. Kasis, K. Lingutla, T. Friesem.
• Prevalence of insomnia in patients with chronic low back pain. SPINE WEEK. Geneva 2008.B. Purushothaman, K. Lingutla, C. Bhatia, M. Krishna
• Preliminary outcome of prestige cervical disc replacement Spine arthroplasty society. Berlin May 1-4, 2007.A.Kasis, K.Lingutla, T.Friesem.
• Comparison of two levels prestige disc replacement with two level cervical fusions. EUROSPINE 2007 .AG Kais, KK Lingutla, G Reddy, T Friesem
• Management of multiple level discitis ESSR (European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology). Bruges Belgium, June 2006. Ilhan Alcelik, Chandra Bhatia, K.Lingutla, M. Krishna