ORTHO ONCO CARE
Dr Vivek Verma is an experienced orthopaedic oncologist trained at the premier cancer institute in India, Tata Memorial Cancer Centre Mumbai and has worked at MIOT Hospitals, Chennai. He has also worked at advanced orthopaedic centre at BG klinik, Tuebingen in Germany to enhance his skills in trauma and arthroplasty. With a demonstrated competency in his core subject of orthopaedic oncology, he is currently heading the division of musculoskeletal (orthopaedic) surgical oncology at Max Hospitals, Patparganj and Vaishali ( Delhi / NCR). He is also a visiting consultant at Max Super speciality Hospital, Dehradun. He has also started a monthly visit in Bihar at Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna.
His area of interest involves management of bone sarcomas, locally aggressive benign bone tumors, soft tissue sarcomas , metastatic bone diseases, cutaneous malignancies like squamous cell carcinomas, malignant melanoma and complex reconstruction and revision surgeries for failed implant and prosthesis.
Currently limb preserving surgery is the standard of care in bone and soft tissue tumors. With the advent of modern surgical techniques and adjuvant treatment modalities available, it is possible to preserve a functional the limb in more than ninety percent of patients which were previously amputated. Dr Verma owes to his credit many complex salvage procedures of extremities, pelvis and spine in Indian and international patients with successful outcomes.The procedures routinely performed by him are tumor resections and reconstruction with mechanical, biological and/or combined modality using mega prosthesis, spacers, composite alloprosthesis, ECRT, and auto or allo bone grafts, etc. He is equally well versed with revision surgeries for implants, megaprosthesis, joint replacements and complex reconstructions. The challenges of limb preserving surgeries in childrens are well managed with options of specialised surgical procedures like expandable prosthesis ( tumor implant) and rotationplasty. "My favorite part of being a doctor is the opportunity to directly improve the health and wellbeing of my patients and to bring back smile on their face”, Dr. Vivek Verma.
