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Dr. Varun Khanna

Experience: 13+ years

Education: MBBS, MS, DNB

Department: Orthopaedics

Specialization: Orthopaedics, Spine Surgery

Hospital:  Artemis Hospital

INTRODUCTION:

In the ortho-spine departments of Artemis Hospital in Gurugram and Artemis lite Hospital in NFC, Dr. Varun Khanna is employed as a consultant. He has over ten years of extensive experience in the fields of spine surgery and orthopaedics. He is an orthopaedic spine surgeon with fellowship training and National Board certification. He completed his spine training at the esteemed Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, which treats over 1500 patients annually for spinal surgery, and was granted the FNB (Fellowship National Board, Spine Surgery) degree. He is also the recipient of the prestigious AO Spine International fellowship from globally renowned Schön Klinik, Munich, Germany where he received his training in advanced Endoscopic Spine Surgery and Minimally Invasive Spine surgery (MIS Spine Surgery).

Dr. Khanna completed his MS in orthopaedics at the Govt. Medical College, Amritsar, after earning his MBBS from the esteemed Medical College, Kolkata. He then finished his senior residency at AIIMS, New Delhi, and ESI-PGIMER, two busy departments. He used to work in the orthopaedics department at Max Hospital in Saket, New Delhi, where he oversaw a lot of patients with joint replacements and trauma.

Special Interest

  • Spinal Fusions (TLIF, OLIF, PLF, ALIF)
  • Decompression for Lumbar stenosis
  • Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Spinal deformity (Scoliosis and Kyphosis) correction
  • Artificial Disc Replacements (Cervical and Lumbar)
  • Joint replacement surgery
  • Orthopaedic fracture fixations
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeries
  • Spinal tumour Surgery
  • Spinal Trauma surgeries

Memberships

  • IOA- Indian Orthopaedics Association
  • ASSI- Association of Spine Surgeons of India
  • AO Spine
  • Delhi Spine Society
  • National Academy of Medical Sciences

Research/ Publications

  • Equations for Cervical Lordosis and T1 Slope in Young Adults Without Any Neck Symptoms: An Analysis of 171 Radiographs. Acharya S, Khanna V, Kumar M. (2022, Journal of Korean Society of Spine Surgery)
  • Risk factors related to clinic radiology that are linked to the inability to achieve the minimally significant clinical difference in cases of cervical spondylotic myelopathy that require surgery. In Asian Spine Journal (2023), Khanna V, Acharya S, Kalra K, and Chahal R
  • ASSI Operation Theatre Manual for Spine Surgery, Chapter on Operating Theatre Illumination (2022) Impact of Sagittal Alignment Prior to Surgery on Functional Recuperation in Operated Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Patients. Chahal R, Khanna V, Acharya S, Kalra K, and Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2023.
  • Rare Sudden Hearing Loss After Lumbar Spine Decompression Surgery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. (2021, Indian Spine Journal)
  • Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on arthroplasty services and early experience after resuming surgeries at a ‘non Covid’ center. Khanna, V., Nashikkar, P. S., Mahajan, R., & Tripathi, S. (2021, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma)
  • Rare Asymptomatic Posterior Dislocation of Mobile Bearing Insert in Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report. Mahajan, R., Khanna, V., Nashikkar, P.S. (2020, Indian Journal of Orthopaedics)
  • Neglected posterior Acetabular wall Fracture managed with uncemented Total Hip Arthroplasty with Posterior Wall reconstruction by femoral head Autograft (2018) Avtar R, Khanna V, Kumar K. (International Journal of Research in Orthopaedics)
  • Incidence of Primary Osteoarthritis knee below 40 years of age and etiological factors responsible for it in Indian scenario: An OPD survey of 200 knee pain patients. Khanna V, Sharma R. (2019, Indian Journal of Orthopaedics Surgery)
  • Chapter: Dual Mobility Acetabular Bearings: Early Functional Results in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Patients at High Dislocation Risk. (2024, Elsevier, Hip Arthroplasty)
  • A case report on the reverse bottle opener effect and a review of the literature regarding impending spontaneous head-neck dissociation brought on by an anteverted cup. In the 2020 issue of the Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, Mahajan R, Nashikkar PS, Khanna V.