Dr. Agnivesh Tikoo

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Dr. Agnivesh Tikoo is a renowned Minimal Invasive Spine Surgeon with over 12 years of experience in the field of Spine Surgery.

He has received specialized training at some of the best spine centers in India and abroad. Dr. Tikoo completed his AOSpine National Fellowship in Kolkata and his FNB in Spine Surgery in Mumbai. He further honed his skills through the IASA Spine Fellowship at the University Hospital of Wales and Llandough in Cardiff, UK. Additionally, he mastered Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery techniques at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital in London, UK, and acquired expertise in Paediatric Spine Deformity Surgery during his AOSpine International Fellowship at Evelina Children’s Hospital in London.

Having successfully performed over 800 spine surgeries, including complex deformity and revision cases, Dr. Tikoo is committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for his patients.

Dr. Tikoo has authored 20 publications and presented his work at several prestigious national and international conferences. He has received numerous accolades, including the Best Paper Award at WBISSPCON and the K.S. Grewat Best Paper Award.

Additionally, Dr. Tikoo has contributed chapters to several orthopedic and spine textbooks and continues to integrate the latest technologies and techniques into his practice. His expertise in neuronavigation, minimal invasive spine surgery, neuromonitoring, and spine robotics ensures that he provides top-tier care to his patients, achieving outcomes on par with leading international centers.

Dr. Tikoo is an active faculty member at regional and national conferences and holds leadership roles as an executive member of the Bombay Spine Society. He is also a member of the editorial board of Physis and serves as a reviewer for the Indian Spine Journal. His past roles also include being the webmaster for the Bombay Orthopaedic Society.

Area of Interest:

Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery
Spinal Deformity Surgery
Low Back and Neck Pain – Operative and Non-Operative Management
Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Spinal Fractures

Awards & Recognition

Secured 1st Position in 1st Professional M.B.B.S
Achieved 3rd Position in 2nd Professional M.B.B.S
Awarded 2nd Position in 3rd Professional M.B.B.S
Earned 2nd Position in Final Professional M.B.B.S
Best Paper Presentation Award at the Annual Conference of the West Bengal Branch of the Indian Society for the Study of Pain, Kolkata, India, in 2011
Recipient of the K.S. Grewal Best Paper Presentation Award at the North Zone Orthopaedic Association Conference, 2016

Research & Publications

M Singh, S Sharma, A Tikoo, D Singh. "Vanishing Bone Disease of Foot." The Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery. 2007, Volume 10, Number 2.
S Manjeet, S Siddhartha, W Iftikhar, T Agnivesh, M Farid, M Nirdosh, S Dara. "Spine Injuries in a Tertiary Health Care Hospital in Jammu: A Clinico-Epidemiological Study." The Internet Journal of Neurosurgery. 2008, Volume 5, Number 2.
Singh M, Sharma S, Peshin C, Wani IH, Tikoo A, Gupta SK, Singh D. "Wide Resection and Stabilization of Ulnar Stump by Extensor Carpi Ulnaris for Giant Cell Tumor of Distal Ulna: Two Case Reports." Cases Journal. 2009 Jul 21; 2:8617. DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-8617. PubMed PMID: 19830093; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2740324.
Malik F, Singh F, Tikoo A, Singh D. "Intradural Disc Herniation-Transdural Excision." JK Science. Vol. 12 No. 3, July-September 2010.
Malik FH, Singh M, Basit MA, Sharma S, Tikoo A, Singh D. "A Comparative Study of Management of Thoracolumbar Spine Injuries with Neurological Deficit by Steffee Plating and Conservative Method." JK Science. July-Sep, 2010, Volume 12, Issue 3.
N Mahajan, N Kalsotra, V Padha, A Tikoo, S Sharma. "Review of the Results of V-Nailing vs Interlocking Nailing for Displaced Fractures of Tibial Diaphysis in Adults." The Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery. 2009, Volume 18, Number 1.
Singh M, Kalsotra N, Sharma S, Tikoo A, Singh D. "Anterior Decompression and Fusion with Cervical Spine Locking Plate for Various Cervical Spine Disorders: A Prospective Series of 20 Patients." Scholarly Journal of Medicine. Vol. 1(3) pp. 27-31 December, 2011.
Basu S, Malik FH, Ghosh JD, Tikoo A. "Delayed Presentation of Cervical Facet Dislocations." J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2011 Dec; 19(3):331-5.
Basu S, Ghosh JD, Malik FH, Tikoo A. "Postoperative Discitis Following Single-Level Lumbar Discectomy: Our Experience of 17 Cases." Indian J Orthop. 2012 Jul; 46(4):427-33.
Basu S, Tikoo A, Malik FH, Ghosh JD, Jain M, Sarangi T. "Percutaneous C-arm Guided Wide Bore Needle Biopsy for Intra-osseous Spinal Lesions." Journal of Post Graduate Medicine Education and Research. January-March 2015; 49(1):5-9.
Kothari MK, Saini P, Tikoo A. "Commentary on Lumbar Lordosis in Chronic Mechanical Back Pain." Asian Spine J. 2015 Feb; 9(1):147-8.
Kothari Manish, K., Agnivesh T., Saini Pramod, P., & Samir, D. S. "Isolated Proximal Fibular Stress Fracture in Osteoarthritis Knee Presenting as L5 Radiculopathy." Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports. 2015, Volume 5(3), 75-77.
Rushton PR, Elmalky M, Tikoo A, Basu S, Cole AA, Grevitt MP. "The Effect of Metal Density in Thoracic Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis." Eur Spine J. 2015 Dec 10.
Kothari M, Shah K, Tikoo A, Nene A. "Short to Mid-Term Surgical Outcome Study with Posterior Only Approach on Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis in an Elderly Population." Asian Spine J. 2016 Apr; 10(2):258-66.
Basu S, Tikoo A, Malik FH, Ghosh JD, Jain M, Sarangi T. "Single and Multiple Level One Stage Posterior Hemivertebrectomy and Short Segment Fixation: Experience with 22 Cases and Comparison of Single vs. Multilevel Procedures with Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up." Asian Spine J. 2016 Jun; 10(3):422-9.
Kothari M, Shah K, Tikoo A, Nene. "Surgical Management in Elderly Patients with Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis: Ten Year Mortality Audit Study." Asian Spine J. 2016 Oct; 10(5):915-919.
Tikoo A, Kothari M, Shah K, Nene A. "Current Concepts - Congenital Scoliosis." The Open Orthopaedics Journal. 2017, 11.
Shah K, Tikoo A, Kothari M, Nene A. "Current Concepts in Pediatric Cervical Spine Trauma." The Open Orthopaedics Journal. 2017, 11.
Basu S, Tikoo A. "Posterior Hemivertebrectomy and Short Segment Fixation – Long-Term Results." Childs Nerv Syst. 2017 Feb; 33(2):321-328. DOI: 10.1007/s00381-016-3317-6.
Kothari MK, Dalvie SS, Gupta S, Tikoo A, Singh DK. "The C2 Pedicle Width, Pars Length, and Laminar Thickness in Concurrent Ipsilateral Ponticulus Posticus and High-Riding Vertebral Artery: A Radiological Computed Tomography Scan-Based Study." Asian Spine J. 2018 Dec 7. DOI: 10.31616/asj.2018.0057.

Chapters in Textbooks:

Tikoo A, Shah K, Shial B, Nene A. "Clinical Evaluation of Low Back Pain." In: Jain A, ed. Turek’s Orthopaedics – Principles and Their Applications. 7th ed. New Delhi, India: Wolters Kluwer India; 2016: 1422-32.
Shah K, Tikoo A, Nene A. "Spinal Brucellosis." In: Jain A, ed. Turek’s Orthopaedics – Principles and Their Applications. 7th ed. New Delhi, India: Wolters Kluwer India; 2016: 1495-98.
Tikoo A, Shah K, Nene A. "Scheuermann Kyphosis." In: Jain A, ed. Turek’s Orthopaedics – Principles and Their Applications. 7th ed. New Delhi, India: Wolters Kluwer India; 2016: 1508-12.
Ram Chaddha, Agnivesh Tikoo, Aashish Ghodke, Rishi M Kanna. The ASSI Monographs: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis 1st ed ISBN 978-93-86293-51-0 – "Role of Fusion in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis."

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