Mr Neil Orpen

Mr Orpen's clinical practice and research interests involve a broad range of spinal surgical topics but particularly disc replacement surgery, vertebral body augmentation (kyphoplasty/ vertebroplasty) and minimally invasive spinal surgical techniques. Currently he is concentrating on teaching the technique of minimally invasive fusion surgery with inter body fusion utilising navigation both in the UK and Europe. Although teaching of consultant level surgeons may occur at the Ridgeway Hospital with patients being informed if this is occurring , all surgical cases will be undertaken by Mr Orpen himself. Mr Orpen is a fellowship trained spinal surgeon having trained in Oxford, Bristol and Reading before becoming a spinal surgeon. He remains actively involved in research and has published and presented extensively both in the UK and internationally on the topic of orthopaedics and spinal surgery. This includes contributions to textbooks and scientific papers. He remains actively involved in training other consultant spinal surgeons particularly in performing minimally invasive fusion operations utilising navigation.

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