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Orthopaedic Surgeon
Leeds, LS1 3EB
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Mr Almas Khan is a highly experienced fellowship-trained consultant spinal surgeon who specialises in complex spinal surgery as well as regular spine surgery. Almas is well known for offering minimally invasive procedures for adults, adolescents and children; as well as follow up reviews for patients who have had surgery abroad.
He carries out investigations for back pain, and arm and leg pain originating from the spine, and offers a range of treatments to suit individual patients.
Almas offers spinal injections under sedation, performs decompression surgery, fusion surgery and surgery at the front, side and back of the spine . He also carries out procedures such as reconstructive surgery and scoliosis correction and revison surgery, including surgery following spine trauma and spine tumours, as well as back pain treatments such as medial branch blocks and Denervex and needle rhizolysis.
He currently consults at Leeds General Infirmary and Nuffield Hospital Leeds.
Almas carries out some of the most complex spinal procedures including Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy, and complex spine reconstruction, as well as the range of more straightforward common spine procedures like microdiscectomy and spinal injections.
His philosophy for treatment is to ensure that patients are part of the decision making team, and looks forward to seeing you in clinic soon.
Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments
Microdiscectomy
Decompression
Spine Fusion
Medial Branch Blocks
Dorsal Root Ganglion Block
Denervex Procedure
Scoliosis Surgery
ALIF
TLIF
PLIF
XLIF
OLIF
LLIF
Posterolateral Fusion
Revision fusion with Stem Cells
Rhizolysis
Degereative spinal disorder treatment
Spine tumour treatment
Spinal trauma treatment
Brachalgia Treatment
Sciatica Treatment
Scoliosis Treatment
Disc Prolapse Treatment
Stenosis Treatment
General Medical Council
No. 4434678
Almas read Medicine at Newcastle and graduated in 1997. He was appointed to the North East Surgical rotation, and also completed Higher Surgical Training there in Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh since 2009. In 2010, he moved to Leeds for a fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery to complete his spine training, and he was appointed to his consultant post there in 2011.
He is an active member of the British Orthopaedic Association, The British Association of Spine Surgeons, and the British Scoliosis Society and regularly contributes to their annual meetings.
Alongside his clinical work, he is an active researcher and has research collaborations with Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Molecular Medicine (LIRMM), the Institute of Mechanical and BioEngineering (IMBE) at Leeds University.
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Mr Khan is a very experienced spinal surgeon who manages the full spectrum of spinal surgery conditions. His practice includes children and adults. He is highly skilled and respected among his peers.
Mr Michael Mokawem